Aulopoma grande

Aulopoma grande
Shell of Aulopoma grande (specimen at Naturalis Biodiversity Center)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Architaenioglossa
Family:	Cyclophoridae
Genus:	Aulopoma
Species:	A. grande
Binomial name
Aulopoma grande (Pfeiffer, 1855)
Synonyms
Cyclostoma (Aulopoma) grandeL. Pfeiffer, 1855 (original combination)

Aulopoma grande is a species of small land snail with an operculum, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusc in the family Cyclophoridae. ^[1]

Diqtribution

It is endemic to Sri Lanka. ^[2]

Description

It is about 21-27mm in length. ^[3]

Height of the shell is 13 mm; diameter 25 × 21.5 mm; aperture width 11 mm.

(Description German by Kobelt) The shell is umbilicate, depressed, thick-walled, compact, and distinctly striated, with a few broad spiral grooves and faint marbling. The periostracum is blackish-brown, often worn away in streaks. There are five convex whorls; the body whorl is rounded at the periphery, smoother on the underside, briefly detached at the front, and scarcely descending. The aperture is oblique and fairly circular; the lip is simple and straight. The operculum has six whorls with strongly oblique folds. ^[4]

References

1. Aulopoma grande (L. Pfeiffer, 1855) . 29 January 2026. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species .
2. "Species: Aulopoma grande L. Pfeiffer, 1855 - ID: 1093204585". Worldwide Mollusc Species Database. Retrieved 2 November 2016.
3. "Aulopoma grande (Pfeiffer, 1855)". © Femorale 1999. Retrieved 2 November 2016.
4. Kobelt, W. (1902). Das Tierreich. Eine Zusammenstellung und Kennzeichnung der rezenten Tierformen. 16. Lieferung. Mollusca. Cyclophoridae. Das Tierreich. XXXIX + 662 pp. Berlin: R. Friedländer. p. 157. Retrieved 29 January 2026. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .

External links

• Land snail diversity in Sri Lanka. An illustrated guide prepared for the launch of the Darwin Initiative programme Naggs, F. & Raheem, D. (2000). Photography by Harold Taylor. The Natural History Museum, London. pages i-xiii, 1-203. 246 coloured plates. ISBN   978-0-565-09151-4 (print), ISBN   978-0-565-09156-9 (compact disc)