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Varicella dominicensis (Gmelin, 1791)

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

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Varicella dominicensis

Author: Manual of Conchologie

Taxon in country check-lists*

North America: Haiti, Jamaica

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Description

Thin, closely costulate-striate, shining, reddish rose-color, with wide, distant, undulating chestnut strigations, whorls 7. Length, 34 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

EN Galli C.: WMSDB - Wolrdwide Mollusc Species Data Base July 10, 2013 [http://www.bagniliggia.it/WMSD/WMSDhome....] [as Varicella dominicensis Gmelin, 1791]
Data retrieved on: 23 November 2013
EN 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 Varicella dominicensis (Gmelin, 1791)]

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