Auriculella diaphana
| Auriculella diaphana | |
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| Live specimen of Auriculella diaphana | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Order: | Stylommatophora |
| Family: | Achatinellidae |
| Genus: | Auriculella |
| Species: | A. diaphana
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| Binomial name | |
| Auriculella diaphana Smith, 1915-1916
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Auriculella diaphana is a species of air-breathing tropical land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Achatinellidae.[1]
- Subspecies
- Auriculella diaphana cacuminis Pilsbry & C. M. Cooke, 1915
- Auriculella diaphana diaphana E. A. Smith, 1873
Description
The length of the shell attains 7 mm, its diameter 4 mm
(Original description in Latin) The shell is sinistral (left-handed) and possesses an ovate-conic shape. It is characterized by being extremely thin and having a horn-like (corneous) texture. The surface is marked by brown streaks and is obscurely encircled around the middle of the body whorl by a dark brown zone.
There are five and a half whorls, which are slightly convex, and the suture is simple in form. The peristome is thin and only slightly dilated. The columella is scarcely folded and somewhat reflected, a configuration that forms a small umbilical fissure. It is joined to the lip by an extremely thin callous deposit. Finally, the parietal lamina is thin.[2]
Distribution
This species is endemic to Hawaii.
References
- ^ Auriculella diaphana E. A. Smith, 1873. 14 January 2026. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species.
- ^ Gulick, J. T. & Smith, E. A. (1873). "Descriptions of new species of Achatinellinae". Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 1873: 88. Retrieved 14 January 2026.
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- Cowie, R. H., Evenhuis, N. L. & Christensen, C. C. (1995). Catalog of the native land and freshwater molluscs of the Hawaiian Islands. vi + 248 pp. Leiden: Backhuys Publishers.