Auriculastra oparica
| Auriculastra oparica | |
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| Shell of Auriculastra oparica (specimen at Naturalis Biodiversity Center) | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Order: | Ellobiida |
| Superfamily: | Ellobioidea |
| Family: | Ellobiidae |
| Genus: | Auriculastra |
| Species: | A. oparica |
| Binomial name | |
| Auriculastra oparica | |
| Synonyms | |
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Ellobium oparicum H. Adams & A. Adams, 1854 (original combination) | |
Auriculastra oparica is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial gastropod mollusc in the family Ellobiidae, the salt marsh snails.[1]
Description
The length of the shell attains 3 mm, its diameter 1.5 mm.
(Original description in Latin) The shell is subulate-oval (slender and tapering like an awl, yet somewhat oval), slender, smooth, and tawny in color. The spire is elevated with a sharp apex. The aperture is narrow, and the columella is scarcely truncated at the front. There are three folds on the columella: the posterior fold is strong, while the two anterior folds are somewhat obsolete and oblique. The outer lip is sharp and simple.[2]
Distribution
This species occurs off French Polynesia, Indonesia and the Philippines.
References
- ↑ Auriculastra oparica (H. Adams & A. Adams, 1854). 26 March 2026. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species.
- ↑ Adams, H. & Adams, A. (1854). "Monographs of Ellobium and Melampus, two genera of pulmoniferous Mollusca". Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 1854 (22): 9. Retrieved 26 March 2026.
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- Raven H. & Vermeulen J.J. (2007). Notes on molluscs from NW Borneo and Singapore. 2. A synopsis of the Ellobiidae (Gastropoda, Pulmonata). Vita Malacologica. 4: 29–62.