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Fernandezia bulimoides (Pfeiffer, 1846)

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

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Fernandezia bulimoides

Author: Miquel & Araya

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Description

Shell of medium size (up to 8.5 mm in examined specimens), ovate-conic, with five convex whorls thin; apex acute and smooth, corneous-buff periostracum; teleoconch sculptured irregularly with prosocline growth lines; spire conic and acute; suture crenulated; last whorl swollen, occupying about three fourths of total length; aperture broad, almost oval, slightly over half the shell height; columella twisted above, very slightly truncated above the base of the aperture; parietal callus thin, peristome simple and very thin.
Measurements of illustrated specimen (MNHN-CL 201792): H: 8.5 x D: 5.0 mm; 4.25 whorls.
Previous known records: Robinson Crusoe Island (Masatierra): Rabanal, Puerto Ingles, around Portezuelo, Centinela Ridge, Masatierra and beneath Damajuana (ODHNER, 1922).
New records: Chile, Region of Valparaiso, Juan Fernandez Archipelago, Robinson Crusoe Island, El Yunque square (33°39'09"S 78°50,38"W, 299 m, MJR-loc-05).
Miquel S.E. & Araya J.F. (2015). New records of terrestrial molluscs of the Juan Fernândez Archipelago (Chile), with the description of a new genus and species of Charopidae (Gastropoda: Stylommatophora).
Author: Jan Delsing

Links and literature

EN Galli C.: WMSDB - Wolrdwide Mollusc Species Data Base July 10, 2013 [http://www.bagniliggia.it/WMSD/WMSDhome....] [as Fernandezia bulimoides (Pfeiffer, 1846)]
Data retrieved on: 22 November 2013

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