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Theba solimae (Sacchi, 1955)

kingdom Animalia - animals »  phylum Mollusca - mollusks »  class Gastropoda - gastropods »  order Pulmonata - pulmonates »  family Helicidae - typical snails »  genus Theba

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Theba solimae

Author: Gittenberger, E & Ripken, T.E.J.

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Description

Shell rather constant in general shape, globular with a low conical spire and 4 – 4,5 moderately convex whorls. At the beginning of the body-whorl the periphery is regularly rounded or (more rarely) slightly angular. Juvenile specimens were not available for study. Aperture nearly as high as broad, usually with a prominent columellar angle below; outer lip only slightly thickened inside. The umbilicus is closed by the reflected columellar lip. The shells are dull. There is a colour pattern of mainly brown to blackish spiral bands, sharply contrasting with the whitish background over most of their length. On the body-whorl, above the periphery, there may be an upper row with irregular blotches and a zone with two or three spiral lines; there are two zones with one or a few spiral lines below the periphery. The aperture may have a pinkish hue inside. Width 15.2-19.5 mm; height 10.6-14.8 mm.
Gittenberger, E & Ripken, T.E.J., 1987. The Genus Theba (Mollusca Gastropoda Helicidae), Systematics and Distribution.

Interchangeable taxa

T. solimae differs from the partly sympatric T subdentata meridionalis by (1) the lack of a parietal denticle, (2) the thin outer lip of the aperture, and (3) the more clearly incised suture. T. solimae differs from both T. pisana and T sacchii by the closed umbilicus.
Gittenberger, E & Ripken, T.E.J., 1987. The Genus Theba (Mollusca Gastropoda Helicidae), Systematics and Distribution.

Distribution

T solimae is known from a limited number of localities in the extreme SW. of Morocco, from the surroundings of Tirhmi, c. 25 km SE. of Tiznit, southwestward to the Oued Draa.
Gittenberger, E & Ripken, T.E.J., 1987. The Genus Theba (Mollusca Gastropoda Helicidae), Systematics and Distribution.
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 Theba solimae Sacchi, 1955]
Data retrieved on: 22 November 2013

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