Candaharia rutellum

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Candaharia rutellum
Candaharia rutellum.png
Drawing of lateral view of preserved specimen of Candaharia rutellum
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Heterobranchia
Order: Stylommatophora
Family: Parmacellidae
Genus: Candaharia
Species:
C. rutellum
Binomial name
Candaharia rutellum
(Hutton, 1849) [1]
Synonyms

Parmacella (Proparmacella) rutellum (Hutton, 1849)

Candaharia rutellum is a species of air-breathing land slug, a terrestrial gastropod mollusk in the family Parmacellidae.

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Distribution

The distribution of Candaharia rutellum includes mountains in Central Asia: Tien-Shan, Alai and Pamir-Darvaz. [2]

Other known areas of distribution include:

The type locality for this species is Kandahar, Afghanistan. [2]

Description

External morphology of Candaharia rutellum:
L - left shell lap of mantle
ML - left mantle lobe
TE - upper tentacle (ommatophore)
TV - lower tentacle
J - mouth
P - penis
LP - pneumostome Candaharia rutellum.png
External morphology of Candaharia rutellum:
L - left shell lap of mantle
ML - left mantle lobe
TE - upper tentacle (ommatophore)
TV - lower tentacle
J - mouth
P - penis
LP - pneumostome

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References

  1. Hutton T. (1849-1850). "Notices of some Land and Fresh Water Shells occurring in Afghanistan". Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal (2)18: 649-661, 967. type description is on pages 649-650.
  2. 1 2 3 4 Kantor Yu I., Vinarski M. V., Schileyko A. A. & Sysoev A. V. (published online on December 22, 2009). "Catalogue of the continental mollusks of Russia and adjacent territories". Version 2.3.
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