Zenobiellina subrufescens | |
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Shell of Zenobiella subrufescens (specimen at MNHN, Paris) | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Heterobranchia |
Order: | Stylommatophora |
Superfamily: | Helicoidea |
Family: | Hygromiidae |
Genus: | Zenobiellina |
Species: | Z. subrufescens
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Binomial name | |
Zenobiellina subrufescens | |
Synonyms [2] | |
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Zenobiellina subrufescens is a
species of small air-breathing
land snail, a
pulmonate
gastropod
mollusk in the subfamily
Hygromiinae of the family
Hygromiidae.
[3]
[2]
For terms see gastropod shell
The 4-6 x 6-10 mm shell has 4.5-5 convex whorls with moderate suture. It is slightly shouldered above the periphery, the aperture is usually without a lip inside and the umbilicus is very narrow, and partly covered by the reflected columellar margin. The shell is pale brown, very finely striated, thin and transparent. [4]
This species is known to occur in:
The size of the egg is 1.5 × 1 mm. [6]
Zenobiellina subrufescens | |
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Shell of Zenobiella subrufescens (specimen at MNHN, Paris) | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Heterobranchia |
Order: | Stylommatophora |
Superfamily: | Helicoidea |
Family: | Hygromiidae |
Genus: | Zenobiellina |
Species: | Z. subrufescens
|
Binomial name | |
Zenobiellina subrufescens | |
Synonyms [2] | |
|
Zenobiellina subrufescens is a
species of small air-breathing
land snail, a
pulmonate
gastropod
mollusk in the subfamily
Hygromiinae of the family
Hygromiidae.
[3]
[2]
For terms see gastropod shell
The 4-6 x 6-10 mm shell has 4.5-5 convex whorls with moderate suture. It is slightly shouldered above the periphery, the aperture is usually without a lip inside and the umbilicus is very narrow, and partly covered by the reflected columellar margin. The shell is pale brown, very finely striated, thin and transparent. [4]
This species is known to occur in:
The size of the egg is 1.5 × 1 mm. [6]