Amphorella hypselia is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial gastropod mollusc in the family Ferussaciidae.
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| (unranked): | clade Heterobranchia
clade Euthyneura |
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| Species: | A. hypselia
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| Amphorella hypselia (Pilsbry, 1909)
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Description
edit(Original description in Latin) Cecilioides acicula (O. F. Müller, 1774) is similar, but with a shell that is twice as large, more solid, and robust, and is thus completely distinct in appearance.
It differs from Amphorella gracilis (R. T. Lowe, 1831) by having a more solid, non-hyaline shell, an aperture that is obliquely produced upward and backward, and a columella that is prominently truncated versus notched at the base. [2]
Distribution
editReferences
edit- ^ a b Teixeira, D.; Cameron, R.; Groh, K.; Seddon, M.B. (2017). "Amphorella hypselia". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2017: e.T170871A1317976. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-3.RLTS.T170871A1317976.en. Retrieved 25 July 2024.
- ^ Lowe, R.T. (1852). "Brief diagnostic notices of new Maderan land shells". The Annals and Magazine of Natural History. 2 (9 (50)): 120. Retrieved 27 July 2024.
This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
External links
edit- Pilsbry, H.A. (1908–1910). Manual of conchology, structural and systematic, with illustrations of the species. Ser. 2, Pulmonata. Vol. 20: Caecilioides, Glessula and Partulidae. pp i-viii. Philadelphia: Conchological Department, Academy of Natural Sciences. pp. 1–326. Retrieved 27 July 2024.