Boucardicus monchenkoi

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Boucardicus monchenkoi
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Architaenioglossa
Superfamily: Cyclophoroidea
Family: Alycaeidae
Genus: Boucardicus
Species:
B. monchenkoi
Binomial name
Boucardicus monchenkoi
Balashov & Griffiths, 2015 [1]

Boucardicus monchenkoi is a species of land snail with an operculum, a terrestrial gastropod mollusc in the family Alycaeidae.

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This species is endemic to Madagascar, and occurs near Tôlanaro. [1]

Etymology

The specific name, monchenkoi, honors the collector of the first known specimen, Professor Vladislav Monchenko, Academician of National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, founder of the Department of Invertebrate Fauna and Systematics of I.I. Schmalhausen Institute of Zoology. [1]

Shell description

The shell of B. monchenkoi is pupilloid-like and clearly ribbed, reaching 2.6–2.9 mm in height, and 1.3–1.5 mm in diameter. The aperture is ovate-triangular with a single well developed columellar lamella that goes from the beginning of the body whorl until the edge of the aperture, where it is clearly visible. The shell's peristome is complete and not reflected. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Balashov I. & Griffiths O. (2015). "Two new species of minute land snails from Madagascar: Boucardicus monchenkoi sp. nov. and B. ambindaensis sp. nov. (Caenogastropoda: Cyclophoridae)". Zootaxa . 4052(2): 237-240. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4052.2.9


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