Aulacospira lampangensis
| Aulacospira lampangensis | |
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| Shell of Aulacospira lampangensis | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Order: | Stylommatophora |
| Family: | Hypselostomatidae |
| Genus: | Aulacospira |
| Species: | A. lampangensis
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| Binomial name | |
| Aulacospira lampangensis Panha & J. B. Burch, 2002
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Aulacospira lampangensis is a species of small land snail with an operculum, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusc in the family Cyclophoridae.[1]
Distribution
It is endemic to Thailand.
Description
(original description) The height of the shell varies between 1.6 mm and 1.80 mm, its diameter between 2.0 mm and 2.3 mm.
The shell is minute and depressed, featuring rounded whorls and a moderately high spire. It possesses a brownish coloration, with both the protoconch and the teleoconch appearing smooth. The body whorl is notably large and is characterized by two prominent spiral carinae. The tuba projects downward, terminating in an expanded peristome. The aperture is well-armed, possessing five distinct teeth. These include the columellar and parietal lamellae, as well as the upper and lower palatal plicae and a basal plica.[2]
Distribution
This species occurs in Thailand on limestome rocks.
References
- ^ Aulacospira lampangensis Panha & J. B. Burch, 2002. 1 February 2026. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species.
- ^ Dumrongrojwattana, P.; Tanmuangpak, K. (2020). "The terrestrial microsnail genus Aulacospira Möllendorff, 1890 (Eupulmonata, Stylommatophora, Hypselostomatidae) in Thailand with key to Thai species". Zookeys. 980: 26. doi:10.3897/zookeys.980.54100. PMC 7642177. Retrieved 31 January 2026. This article incorporates text from this source, which is under a CC BY 4.0 license.
- Panha, S.; Burch, J. B. (2008). An introduction to the microsnails of Thailand. Malacological Review. 37/38: 1–155.
External links
- Panha, S. & Burch, J. B. (2002). "The pupillid genus Aulacospira in Thailand (Pulmonata: Stylommatophora)" (PDF). Walkerana. 12 (28): 70. Retrieved 1 February 2026.
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