| Mariaella beddomei | |
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| Drawing of the internal shell of Mariaella beddomei. | |
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| (unranked): | clade Heterobranchia clade Euthyneura Contentslimacoid clade |
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| Species: | M. beddomei |
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| Mariaella beddomei (Godwin-Austen, 1888) [1] | |
Mariaella beddomei is a species of air-breathing land slug, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Ariophantidae.
The specific name is in honor of Richard Henry Beddome.
This species lives in India. It is endemic to Western Ghats. [2] Its localities include Travancore Hills. [3]
The internal shell is thinner than in Mariaella dussumieri , shelly, flat and smooth beneath, white, with close, concentric lines of growth. [3] The length of the adult shell is 12 mm, the breath is 6.5 mm. [3]
The body of the animal varies greatly in color from uniform ochre to deep grey-black or spotted. There are no raised ridges on the shell-lobes. It is externally similar to Mariaella dussumieri, but larger, about 4 inches (100 mm) in length when fully extended. [3] It has more numerous teeth in the radula, the number in a row being 122 . 5 . 21 . 1 . 21 . 5 . 122 (148 . 1 . 148), and the shape differing somewhat. There are also differences in the genitalia, the spermatheca and the expansion in the free oviduct (ovitheca) having different forms. [3]
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