Ampelita gaudens

Ampelita gaudens
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Order:	Stylommatophora
Family:	Acavidae
Genus:	Ampelita
Species:	A. gaudens
Binomial name
Ampelita gaudens (Mabille, 1884)
Synonyms
Helix (Ampelita) lanciformisO. Boettger, 1889 (junior synonym) Helix gaudensMabille, 1884 (original combination)

Ampelita gaudens is a species of tropical air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Acavidae. ^[1]

Varieties

• Ampelita gaudens var. campbelliana(Pilsbry in Tryon, 1890)
• Ampelita gaudens var. gaudens(Mabille, 1884)
• Ampelita gaudens var. macrogranulosaFischer-Piette, C. P. Blanc, F. Blanc & F. Salvat, 1994
• Ampelita gaudens var. nossibeensisO. Boettger, 1889

Description

The height of the shell attains 27 mm, its diameter 63 mm.

(Original description in Latin) This brown shell features a wide, deep umbilicus that allows a view to the apex. Its shape is discoid-subdepressed, solid yet lightweight. The shell is very finely punctuated near the suture, while the remaining upper surface is malleated and irregularly striated. The apex is only slightly raised. Five and a quarter rapidly growing, convex whorls are separated by a distinct suture. The body whorl is very large, with a slightly fragmented keel along its equator. Near the aperture, the body whorl descends abruptly and significantly. The base exhibits a slight flat area around the umbilicus and small growth riblets covered in tiny granules. A yellowish band encircles the umbilicus. The aperture is very oblique, elongated, with nearly parallel upper and lower edges. Its interior is a pale grayish-blue. The peristome is shortly reflected. The columella is slightly dilated at the top but does not extend over the umbilicus. ^{[2] [3]}

Distribution

This species is endemic to Madagascar.

References

1. Ampelita gaudens (Mabille, 1884) . 27 February 2025. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species .
2. Mabille, J. (1886). "Diagnoses testarum novarum". Bulletin de la Société Philomatique de Paris. 7 (10–3): 125. Retrieved 27 February 2025. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .
3. Blanc, Charles P. (Charles Pierre), - Fischer-Piette, Édouard (1994). Faune de Madagascar. 83, Gastéropodes terrestres pulmonés (excl. Veronicellidae et g. Elisolimax) (83 ed.). Faune de Madagascar. Retrieved 27 February 2025.

• Boettger, O. (1889). "). Zur Kenntniss der Land- und Süsswasser-Mollusken von Nossi-Bé I." Nachrichtsblatt der Deutschen Malakozoologischen Gesellschaft. 21 (3–4): 47.

External links

• Florida Museum of Natural History: image