Auriculastra catonis
| Auriculastra catonis | |
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| Original drawing of a shell of Auriculastra catonis | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Order: | Ellobiida |
| Family: | Ellobiidae |
| Genus: | Auriculastra |
| Species: | A. catonis
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| Binomial name | |
| Auriculastra catonis (Melvill & Ponsonby, 1899)
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| Synonyms | |
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Auricula catonis Melvill & Ponsonby, 1899 superseded combination | |
Auriculastra catonis is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial gastropod mollusc in the family Ellobiidae, the salt marsh snails.[1]
Description
The length of the shell attains 9 mm, its diameter 4 mm.
(Original description in Latin) The shell is oblong-cylindrical and slender, with a glossy and very smooth surface, and it is pale olive in color. In our decollated specimens, it probably has five whorls; the last three are irregularly impressed at the sutures, and the body whorl is elongated, straight, and cylindrical in form.
The aperture is narrowly oblong and white. The outer lip is straight and simple. The columella is slightly thickened, not glossy, and it bears two folds.[2]
Distribution
This terrestrial species occurs near Durban Bay, South Africa.
References
- ^ Auriculastra catonis (Melvill & Ponsonby, 1899). 28 February 2026. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species.
- ^ Melvill, J. C. & Ponsonby, J. H. (1899). "Further contribution towards a check-list of the non-marine molluscan fauna of South Africa, with descriptions of fourteen new species". The Annals and Magazine of Natural History. 7 (4 (21)): 199. Retrieved 28 February 2026.
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- Connolly, M. (1939). A monographic survey of South African non-marine Mollusca. Annals of the South African Museum. 33: 1–660.