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Testacella riedeli Giusti, Manganelli & Schembri, 1996

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

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Description

Animal yellow-brown woth pale yellow sole, rounded in frontal and pointed in posterior part, dorsoventrally flattened, no caudal mucus gland, mantle very small and covered by the shell, tentacles cylindrical, not apically bulbeous. Shell dextral, brown with irregular growth lines, 1.5 whorls, aperture very large, margin simple with thickened columellar margin.
Welter-Schultes, F., 2012. European non-marine molluscs.

Distribution

Malta (known only from Gozo)
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 Testacella riedeli Giusti, Manganelli & Schembri, 1995]
Data retrieved on: 23 November 2013
EN de Jong, Y.S.D.M. (ed.): Fauna Europaea 2.4 [http://www.faunaeur.org] [as Testacella riedeli Giusti, Manganelli & Schembri, 1995]
Data retrieved on: 9 March 2012

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