Ampelita robillardi
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| Shell of Ampelita robillardi (specimen at the Natural History Museum Rotterdam) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Order: | Stylommatophora |
| Family: | Acavidae |
| Genus: | Ampelita |
| Species: | A. robillardi
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| Binomial name | |
| Ampelita robillardi (H. Adams & Angas, 1876)
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Ampelita robillardi is a species of tropical air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Acavidae.[1]
Description
The height of the shell attains 29 mm, its diameter 32 mm.
(Original description) The shell is umbilicated, orbicularly subglobose, and of moderate solidity. Its surface exhibits oblique striations and a whitish base, overlaid by a pale brown, shining epidermis. It is decorated with three very narrow dark brown bands, one of which is located at the suture.
The spire is depressedly conical, culminating in an obtuse apex. There are five moderately convex whorls, with the body whorl descending anteriorly and slightly flattened at the base. The umbilicus is open and funnel-shaped. The aperture is diagonal, truncately oval, and pale brown in its interior. The peristome margins approximate and are joined by a thin callus. The right margin is slightly flexuous, expanded, and subtly reflexed, while the columellar margin is thickened, reflexed, and dilated superiorly.[2]
Distribution
This species is endemic to Madagascar.
References
- ^ Ampelita robillardi (H. Adams & Angas, 1876). 11 March 2025. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species.
- ^ Adams, H. & Angas, G. F. (1876). "Description of five new species of and-shells from Madagascar, New Guinea, Central Australia, and the Solomon Islands". Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 44 (1): 489. Retrieved 11 March 2025.
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This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
- Fischer-Piette, E. Blanc, F. & Vukadinovic, D. (1974). Additions aux mollusques terrestres de Madagascar. Bulletin du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Zoologie, 146: 467–524.
- Fischer-Piette, E.; C. P. Blanc; F. Blanc & F. Salvat. (1994). "Gastéropodes terrestres pulmonés". Faune de Madagascar. 83: 109.
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External links
- Fischer-Piette, E., Blanc, F. & Salvat, F. (1975). "Complément aux mollusques pulmonés de Madagascar". Bulletin du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle. Série 3, No 288. 198: 256.
{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - Ancey, C.F. (1902). "Contributions towards the knowledge of the Mollusca of Madagascar". The Nautilus. 16 (6): 67. Retrieved 11 March 2025.
