Leptopoma perlucidum

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Leptopoma perlucidum
Leptopoma perlucidum (MNHN-IM-2015-4482).jpeg
Shell of Leptopoma perlucidum (specimen at MNHN, Paris)
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Architaenioglossa
Superfamily: Cyclophoroidea
Family: Cyclophoridae
Genus: Leptopoma
Species:
L. perlucidum
Binomial name
Leptopoma perlucidum
(Grateloup, 1840)
Synonyms
  • Cyclostoma nitidumSowerby, G.B. II, 1843 (junior synonym)
  • Cyclostoma pellucidaGrateloup, 1840 (typographic error on page 454 for "perlucidum"; not an available name)
  • Cyclostoma perlucidaGrateloup, 1840 (original combination)
  • Cyclostoma vitreumQuoy & Gaimard, 1832 (Invalid: junior homonym of Cyclostoma vitreumDraparnaud, 1801; considered as a distinct species in the Solomon Islands by Delsaerdt (2016))
  • Cyclostoma vitreumLesson, 1831 (Invalid: junior homonym of Cyclostoma vitreumDraparnaud, 1801)
  • Leptopoma (Leptopoma) cinctellumL. Pfeiffer, 1862 (junior synonym)
  • Leptopoma (Leptopoma) lowi L. Pfeiffer, 1858 (junior synonym)
  • Leptopoma (Leptopoma) vitreum(Lesson, 1831)· accepted, alternate representation
  • Leptopoma (Leptopoma) vitreum var. lacteumKobelt, 1886 (junior synonym)
  • Leptopoma (Leptopoma) vitreum var. levisHidalgo, 1886 (junior synonym)
  • Leptopoma cinctellumL. Pfeiffer, 1862 (junior synonym)
  • Leptopoma lowiL. Pfeiffer, 1858 (junior synonym)
  • Leptopoma nitidum(Sowerby, G.B. II, 1843) (junior synonym)
  • Leptopoma nitidum faberIredale, 1941 (junior synonym)
  • Leptopoma nitidum sanctumIredale, 1943 (junior synonym)
  • Leptopoma nitidum ultraIredale, 1937 (junior synonym)
  • Leptopoma nitidum weeksiBartsch, 1919 (junior synonym)
  • Leptopoma perlucida(Grateloup, 1840) (incorrect gender of species name)
  • Leptopoma perlucidum levisHidalgo, 1886 (junior synonym)
  • Leptopoma perlucidum var. lacteumKobelt, 1886 (basionym)
  • Leptopoma vitrea(Lesson, 1831) (incorrect gender of species name)
  • Leptopoma vitreum(Lesson, 1831) (invalid: based on a preoccupied original name)
  • Leptopoma vitreum lacteumKobelt, 1886 (junior synonym)
  • Leptopoma vitreum var. lacteumKobelt, 1886 (original rank)
  • Leptopoma vitreum var. levisHidalgo, 1886 (basionym)

Leptopoma perlucidum is a species of land snail with a gill and an operculum, a terrestrial gastropod mollusk in the family Cyclophoridae. [1]

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Apertural view of the shell of Leptopoma perlucidum Leptopoma nitidum 2.JPG
Apertural view of the shell of Leptopoma perlucidum

Distribution

This species occurs in Indonesia, [2] Sabah (Malaysia), [3] the Philippines, [1] and the Solomon Islands.

Description

The shell width and height is about 14 mm (0.6 in) in females and 13 mm (0.5 in) in males. [3] The color of the shell is actually translucently milky-white, and the green color is from the mantle.

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References

  1. 1 2 Bieler R, Bouchet P, Gofas S, Marshall B, Rosenberg G, La Perna R, Neubauer TA, Sartori AF, Schneider S, Vos C, ter Poorten JJ, Taylor J, Dijkstra H, Finn J, Bank R, Neubert E, Moretzsohn F, Faber M, Houart R, Picton B, Garcia-Alvarez O (eds.). "Leptopoma perlucidum (Grateloup, 1840)". MolluscaBase. World Register of Marine Species . Retrieved 2021-05-01.
  2. Leptopoma nitidum. BISHOGAI Data Base, accessed 2 April 2009.
  3. 1 2 Phung, Chee-Chean; Choo, Ming-Huei & Liew, Thor-Seng (2022). "Sexual dimorphism in shell size of the land snail Leptopoma perlucidum (Caenogastropoda: Cyclophoridae)". PeerJ. 10: e13501. doi: 10.7717/peerj.13501 . PMC   9150688 .