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Chloritis biomphala

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Chloritis biomphala
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C. biomphala
Binomial name
Chloritis biomphala
Synonyms
  • Helix biomphala L. Pfeiffer, 1862

Chloritis biomphala is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Camaenidae.

Distribution

The type locality is Seram Island ("in insula Ceram"), Indonesia.[2] Other locality include Sulawesi, Indonesia.[2]

Shell description

The shell has moderate size for the genus, brown, without hairs, completely flat, umbilicated, the ends of the peristome connected with a thin callus.[2] The width of the shell is 17–20 mm.[2]

The species is probably described after more than one specimen (a number is not given in the original description, but in the dimensions 10–11 mm is given for the shell height).[2] The species has been never recorded again.[2]

Apical, apertural and umbilical view of the shell of the syntype of Chloritis biomphala. The width of the shell is 20 mm.

References

This article incorporates CC-BY-3.0 text from the reference.[2]

  1. ^ Pfeiffer L. (1862). "Descriptions of thirty-six new land shells, from the collection of H. Cuming, Esq". Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1862: 268-278.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g Maassen W. J. M. (2009). "Remarks on the genus Chloritis in Sulawesi, Indonesia, with the descriptions of two new species (Gastropoda: Pulmonata: Camaenidae)". Zoologische Mededelingen 83 HTM.

Further reading

  • Sarasin P. & F. (1899). "Materialien zur Naturgeschichte der Insel Celebes". Band 2: Die Landschnecken von Celebes: I-VIII, 1-248, pls 1-31.― Kreidel’s Verlag, Wiesbaden.