Apoma chemnitzianum
| Apoma chemnitzianum | |
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| Shells of Apoma chemnitzianum (specimens at Naturalis Biodiversity Center) | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Order: | Stylommatophora |
| Family: | Urocoptidae |
| Genus: | Apoma |
| Species: | A. chemnitzianum |
| Binomial name | |
| Apoma chemnitzianum ((A. Férussac, 1821) | |
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Apoma chemnitzianum is a species of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod molluscs in the subfamily Brachypodellinae of the family Urocoptidae.[1]
Description
(Described in Latin as Cylindrella cumingii) The shell is large and white, and has a slightly fusiform outline; it is very long and heterostrophic (the early and later whorls coil in opposite directions). It is richly ornamented with very numerous, very small, oblique, regular, rounded ribs. The apex is broadly decollate, with whorls 10 or 11 whorls; the remaining upper whorls are very strongly convex, and in total about 8 or 9 whorls persist below the decollation.
The aperture is elliptical and markedly constricted deep within the throat, but it expands outward into a very broad, sharp outer lip. The body whorl is provided with a semi‑revolving keel that helps to form a somewhat effuse aperture.[2]
Distribution
This snail occurs on Jamaica.
References
- ↑ MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Apoma chemnitzianum (A. Férussac, 1821). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1496268 on 2026-07-04
- ↑ Adams, C.B. (1845). "Specierum novarum conchyliorum, in Jamaica repertorum, synopsis". Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History. 2: 14. Retrieved 4 July 2026.
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External links
- Rosenberg, G. & Muratov, I. V. (2006). "Status report on the terrestrial Mollusca of Jamaica". Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. 155: 156.
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