Anostoma baileyi
| Anostoma baileyi | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Order: | Stylommatophora |
| Family: | Odontostomidae |
| Genus: | Anostoma |
| Species: | A. baileyi
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| Binomial name | |
| Anostoma baileyi | |
Anostoma baileyi is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusc in the family Odontostomidae.
Distribution
[edit]This species occurs in Brazil.[2]
Shell description
[edit]The shell has 5-5.25 whorls.[1]
The width of adult shells is 29.6-32.3 mm, the height is 15.1-17.2 mm.[1]
The main differences between the shell of this species and the similar shell of Anostoma rossi are that this shell has no spiral sculpture and the aperture is more elongated.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d Solem A. 1956. Non marine Mollusca from Salobra, Mato Grosso, Brazil and a collection of South Brazilian Artemon. Notulae Naturae, Philadelphia, 287: 1-14. (googlebooks)
- ^ Norma Campos Salgado & Arnaldo C. dos Santos Coelho. 2003. Moluscos terrestres do Brasil (Gastrópodes operculados ou não, exclusive Veronicellidae, Milacidae e Limacidae) Archived 2011-10-04 at the Wayback Machine. Rev. Biol. Trop. 51 (Suppl. 3): 149-189. (in Portuguese with English abstract)