Aulopoma grande
| Aulopoma grande | |
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| Shell of Aulopoma grande (specimen at Naturalis Biodiversity Center) | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Architaenioglossa |
| Family: | Cyclophoridae |
| Genus: | Aulopoma |
| Species: | A. grande
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| Binomial name | |
| Aulopoma grande (Pfeiffer, 1855)
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| Synonyms | |
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Cyclostoma (Aulopoma) grande L. Pfeiffer, 1855 (original combination) | |
Aulopoma grande is a species of small land snail with an operculum, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusc in the family Cyclophoridae.[1]
Diqtribution
It is endemic to Sri Lanka.[2]
Description
It is about 21-27mm in length.[3]
Height of the shell is 13 mm; diameter 25 × 21.5 mm; aperture width 11 mm.
(Description German by Kobelt) The shell is umbilicate, depressed, thick-walled, compact, and distinctly striated, with a few broad spiral grooves and faint marbling. The periostracum is blackish-brown, often worn away in streaks. There are five convex whorls; the body whorl is rounded at the periphery, smoother on the underside, briefly detached at the front, and scarcely descending. The aperture is oblique and fairly circular; the lip is simple and straight. The operculum has six whorls with strongly oblique folds.[4]
References
- ^ Aulopoma grande (L. Pfeiffer, 1855). 29 January 2026. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species.
- ^ "Species: Aulopoma grande L. Pfeiffer, 1855 - ID: 1093204585". Worldwide Mollusc Species Database. Retrieved 2 November 2016.
- ^ "Aulopoma grande (Pfeiffer, 1855)". © Femorale 1999. Retrieved 2 November 2016.
- ^ Kobelt, W. (1902). Das Tierreich. Eine Zusammenstellung und Kennzeichnung der rezenten Tierformen. 16. Lieferung. Mollusca. Cyclophoridae. Das Tierreich. XXXIX + 662 pp. Berlin: R. Friedländer. p. 157. Retrieved 29 January 2026. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
External links
- Land snail diversity in Sri Lanka. An illustrated guide prepared for the launch of the Darwin Initiative programme Naggs, F. & Raheem, D. (2000). Photography by Harold Taylor. The Natural History Museum, London. pages i-xiii, 1-203. 246 coloured plates. ISBN 978-0-565-09151-4 (print), ISBN 978-0-565-09156-9 (compact disc)