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species

Sigmataxis procera (C. B. Adams, 1845)

kingdom Animalia - animals » phylum Mollusca - mollusks » class Gastropoda - gastropods » order Pulmonata - pulmonates » family Oleacinidae » genus Sigmataxis

Scientific synonyms

Sigmataxis procerus (C. B. Adams, 1845) (misspelling) ^m

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Author: Manual of Conchologie

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Jamaica

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Description

Finely plicate, costate, shining, diaphanous, whitish, with longitudinal wide irregular chestnut blotches, interrupted on the last whorl about the periphery ; whorls 10, suture well impressed. Length, 30 mill.

Tryon, G.W. & Pilsbry, H.A.; Manual of Conchology. Second Series. Volume 1; Testacellidae, Oleacinidae, Streptaxidae, Helicoidea, Vitrinidae, Limacidae, Arionidae.

Author: Jan Delsing

Links and literature

Galli C.: WMSDB - Wolrdwide Mollusc Species Data Base July 10, 2013 [http://www.bagniliggia.it/WMSD/WMSDhome....] [as Sigmataxis procerus Adams, 1845]
Data retrieved on: 23 November 2013

Rosenberg G., Muratov I. V. (2006): Status Report on the Terrestrial Mollusca of Jamaica, Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, 155(1):117-161. [as Sigmataxis procerus (C. B. Adams, 1845)]

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