Fanulena imitatrix
| Fanulena imitatrix | |
|---|---|
| File:Lutilodix imitratrix Sykes 1900.png | |
| Scientific classification Edit this classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Order: | Stylommatophora |
| Family: | Microcystidae |
| Genus: | Fanulena |
| Species: | F. imitatrix
|
| Binomial name | |
| Fanulena imitatrix (Sykes, 1900)
| |
| Synonyms | |
| |
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
[edit | edit source]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 an inconspicuous, whitish tooth.[3]
Distribution
[edit | edit source]This species is endemic to Norfolk Island.[citation needed]
References
[edit | edit source]- ^ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
- ^ 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
- ^ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value). Pl. 13 Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
External links
[edit | edit source]- Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
- Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
Lua error in Module:Taxonbar at line 165: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).