Gittenbergeria turriplana

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Gittenbergeria turriplana
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Shell of Gittenbergeria turriplana
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Stylommatophora
Family: Trissexodontidae
Genus: Gittenbergeria
Species:
G. turriplana
Binomial name
Gittenbergeria turriplana
(Morelet, 1845) [2]
Synonyms
  • Helix turriplana Morelet, 1845
  • Gittenbergeri turriplana (Morrelet, 1845) [orth. error]

Gittenbergeria turriplana is a species of air-breathing land snail, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Trissexodontidae. [3] [4] [5]

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Distribution

map showing Algarve region in southern Portugal, where Gittenbergeria turriplana is endemic to. LocalRegiaoAlgarve.svg
map showing Algarve region in southern Portugal, where Gittenbergeria turriplana is endemic to.

This species is endemic to the Algarve, southern Portugal. [6] It is a frequent species in the Algarve and locally very common. [6]

Description

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]

Ecology

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]

References

This article incorporates public domain text from the reference [6]

  1. ↑ Arrébola, J. (2011). "Gittenbergeria turriplana". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2011 e.T9197A12969375. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2011-1.RLTS.T9197A12969375.en . Retrieved 17 November 2021.
  2. ↑ Morelet A. (1845). Description des mollusques terrestres et fluviatiles du Portugal. pp. [1-3], I-VII, 1-116, Pl. I-XIV. Paris. (Bailliere). page 59, Plate 6, fig. 3.
  3. ↑ Gittenbergeri turriplana. Fauna Europaea, last update 27 January 2011, accessed 12 May 2011.
  4. ↑ Bouchet, Philippe; Rocroi, Jean-Pierre; Frýda, Jiri; Hausdorf, Bernard; Ponder, Winston; Valdés, Ángel & Warén, Anders (2005). "Classification and nomenclator of gastropod families". Malacologia . 47 (1–2). Hackenheim, Germany: ConchBooks: 1–397. ISBN   3-925919-72-4. ISSN   0076-2997.
  5. ↑ Prieto C. E., Puente A. I, Altonaga K. & Gomez J. (1993). "Genital morphology of Caracolina lenticula (Michaud, 1831), with a new proposal of classification of helicodontoid genera (Pulmonata: Hygromioidea)". Malacologia 35(1): 63-77. page 73-74.
  6. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 "Species summary for Gittenbergeria turriplana". AnimalBase, last modified 31 January 2010, accessed 12 May 2011.
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