| Gittenbergeria turriplana | |
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| (unranked): | clade Heterobranchia clade Euthyneura ContentsSigmurethra |
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| Species: | G. turriplana |
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| Gittenbergeria turriplana | |
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Gittenbergeria turriplana of air-breathing land snail, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Trissexodontidae. [3] [4] [5]
This species is endemic to the Algarve, southern Portugal. [6] It is a frequent species in the Algarve and locally very common. [6]
The shell is brown with a characteristic microsculpture, depressed with a strong keel. [6] The first whorls are almost flat. [6] The aperture is narrow. [6] Margin reflected and turned outward. [6] There are two teeth on the lower edge corresponding to 2 conspicuous depressions on the outer shell. [6] The umbilicus is open and eccentric. [6]
The width of the shell is 12–14 mm. [6] The height of the shell is 5–6 mm. [6]
Animal is almost black with a lighter foot, upper tentacles very long. [6]
It lives in low altitudes on calcareous substrate, close to the coast. [6] It is frequent at old walls and in old gardens and parks in cities, also in shrublands and cultivated areas. [6]
The gastropods, commonly known as slugs and snails, belong to a large taxonomic class of invertebrates within the phylum Mollusca called Gastropoda.
Opisthobranchs is now an informal name for a large and diverse group of specialized complex gastropods which used to be united in the subclass Opisthobranchia. That taxon is no longer considered to represent a monophyletic grouping.
Succineidae are a family of small to medium-sized, air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod molluscs in the superfamily Succineoidea.
Testacella is genus of small to medium-large, predatory, air-breathing, land slugs.
Vertigo genesii, common name the round-mouthed whorl snail, is a species of minute air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusc or micromollusc in the family Vertiginidae, the whorl snails.
Xenophoridae, commonly called carrier shells, is a family of medium-sized to large sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the clade Littorinimorpha.
Oestophora is a genus of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial gastropod mollusk in the family Trissexodontidae.
Daudebardia rufa is a species of air-breathing land snail or semi-slug, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Oxychilidae, which belongs to the limacoid clade.
Trissexodontidae is a family of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Helicoidea.
The family Pomatiidae is a taxonomic family of small operculate land snails, terrestrial gastropod mollusks that can be found over the warmer parts of the Old World. In the older literature, this family is designated as Pomatiasidae.
Pupilla muscorum, commonly known as the Moss Chrysalis snail or widespread column, is a species of minute air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk or micromollusk in the family Pupillidae.
Otina ovata is a species of small, air-breathing sea snail or sea slug, a marine pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the superfamily Otinoidea.
Balea perversa, also known as the wall snail or tree snail, is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Clausiliidae, the door snails. The shell of this species is left-handed in coiling and it looks like a juvenile of a clausiliid.
Sculptaria is a genus of small air-breathing land snails, and terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Plectopyloidea.
Conus crotchii is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Conidae, the cone snails and their allies.
Conus damottai, common name the Glabrous cone, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Conidae, the cone snails and their allies.
Turricula turriplana is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Clavatulidae.
Spelaeoconcha paganettii is a species of very small air-breathing land snail, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Pupilloidea.
Borsoniidae is a monophyletic family of small to medium-sized sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Conoidea.
Zarateana arganica is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Geomitridae.
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