Fanulena imitatrix

Fanulena imitatrix
Conservation status
	; Endangered (IUCN 2.3)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Order:	Stylommatophora
Family:	Microcystidae
Genus:	Fanulena
Species:	F. imitatrix
Binomial name
	Fanulena imitatrix; (Sykes, 1900)
Synonyms
	Lutilodix imitatrix Iredale, 1945; Medyla imitatrix Sykes, 1900;

Fanulena imitratrix is a species of air-breathing land snail or semislug, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Microcystidae. ^[2]

It is the type species of the genus Fanulena.

Description

The length of the shell attains 5.5 mm, its diameter 5 mm.

(Original description in Latin) The shell is imperforate and elevated-conical in shape, regularly marked with roughened oblique ribs. It is horn-colored, adorned with chestnut spots, and features a slightly pointed, flattened protoconch. There are 5½ flattened whorls, with the body whorl keeled. The base is nearly smooth and slightly impressed, faintly marked by growth lines and spirals, with an impressed suture. The aperture is rhomboidal, with a sharp right margin and a thickened columellar margin, often equipped with a inconspicuous, whitish tooth. ^[3]

Distribution

This species is endemic to Norfolk Island.^{[citation needed]}

References

^ Mollusc Specialist Group (1996). "Lutilodix imitratrix". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 1996: e.T12415A3341161. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.1996.RLTS.T12415A3341161.en. Retrieved 17 November 2021.
^ MolluscaBase eds. (2024). MolluscaBase. Fanulena imitatrix (Sykes, 1900). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1149821 on 2024-09-21
^ Sykes, E. R. (1900). "Notes on the Non-marine Mollusca of Norfolk and Phillip Islands, with Descriptions of New Species". Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London. 4: 142. Pl. 13 This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.

External links

Iredale, Tom (1945). "The Land Mollusca of Norfolk Island". The Australian Zoologist. 11 (1): 63–64.
Iredale, Tom (1913). "The Land Mollusca of the Kermadec Islands". Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London. 10 (6): 372.

[1] Mollusc Specialist Group (1996). "Lutilodix imitratrix". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 1996: e.T12415A3341161. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.1996.RLTS.T12415A3341161.en. Retrieved 17 November 2021.

[2] MolluscaBase eds. (2024). MolluscaBase. Fanulena imitatrix (Sykes, 1900). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1149821 on 2024-09-21

[3] Sykes, E. R. (1900). "Notes on the Non-marine Mollusca of Norfolk and Phillip Islands, with Descriptions of New Species". Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London. 4: 142. Pl. 13 This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.

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