Diaphera prima

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Diaphera prima
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Shell of Diaphera prima (paratype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Heterobranchia clade Euthyneura
clade Panpulmonata
clade Eupulmonata
clade Stylommatophora
informal group Sigmurethra
Superfamily:
Streptaxoidea
Family:
Diapheridae
Genus:
Diaphera
Species:
D. prima
Binomial name
Diaphera prima
Panha, 2010 [1]

Diaphera prima is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Diapheridae. [1]

Contents

The specific name prima (Latin for first) indicates that it is the first species of Diaphera confirmed in Thailand. [1]

Distribution

The type locality of Diaphera prima is Khao Cha Ang-Oan, Bor Thong, Chonburi Province, Thailand. [1]

Distribution of Diaphera prima include Eastern Thailand: Chonburi Province and Rayong Province. [1]

Description

The shell of Diaphera prima is oblong. The shell has 7-8 whorls. [1] The sculpture of the shell is smooth with short ribs below the suture. [1] The apex of the shell is obtuse and smooth. [1] The aperture is rounded with parietal lamella, basal lamella, columellar lamella and with two palatal lamellae. [1]

The width of the shell of the holotype is 2 mm. [1] The height of the shell of the holotype is 6.2 mm. [1]

The body of the animal is a pale greenish yellow in color. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Sutcharit C., Naggs F., Wade C. M., Fontanilla I. & Panha S. (2010). "The new family Diapheridae, a new species of Diaphera Albers from Thailand, and the position of the Diapheridae within a molecular phylogeny of the Streptaxoidea (Pulmonata: Stylommatophora)". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 160: 1-16. doi:10.1111/j.1096-3642.2009.00598.x.
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