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family

Testacellidae J. E. Gray, 1840

kingdom Animalia - animals »  phylum Mollusca - mollusks »  class Gastropoda - gastropods »  order Pulmonata - pulmonates »  superfamily Testacelloidea

Description

Animal slug-like, bearing a small ear-shaped shell near the posterior extremity of the body. Lingual teeth long and narrow, sharp-pointed, in oblique series.
Tryon, G.W. & Pilsbry, H.A.; Manual of Conchology. Second Series. Volume 1; Testacellidae, Oleacinidae, Streptaxidae, Helicoidea, Vitrinidae, Limacidae, Arionidae.
Author: Jan Delsing

Included taxa

Number of records: 1

genus Testacella Lamarck, 1801

Links and literature

EN Australian Faunal Directory [0ae3fa43-c0be-4aa8-8b04-c2c6d1acc703]

ABRS (2009-2019): Australian Faunal Directory [https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/home], Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra [as Testacellidae]
Data retrieved on: 22 July 2015
CZ Pfleger V. (1999): České názvy živočichů III. Měkkýši (Mollusca), Národní muzeum, (zoologické odd.), Praha, 108 pp. [as Testacellidae]
Data retrieved on: 11 November 2013
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