Simpulopsis rufovirens

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Simpulopsis rufovirens
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Dorsal view of a live individual of Simpulopsis rufovirens
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Heterobranchia

clade Euthyneura
clade Panpulmonata
clade Eupulmonata
clade Stylommatophora

informal group

Contents

Sigmurethra
Superfamily:
Orthalicoidea
Family:
Simpulopsidae
Genus:
Simpulopsis
Subgenus:
Simpulopsis
Species:
S. rufovirens
Binomial name
Simpulopsis rufovirens
(Moricand, 1846) [1]
Synonyms [2] [3] [4]
  • Helix (Succinea) rufovirens
  • Vitrina rufovirens
  • Vitrina salomoniaPfeiffer, 1853 [5]

Simpulopsis rufovirens is a species of tropical air-breathing land snail, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusc in the family Simpulopsidae.

The specific name rufovirens refers to the coloration of this species. The name is composed from the Latin word "rufus", which means red or reddish, and from Latin word "virens", which means green.

Distribution

The distribution of Simpulopsis rufovirens includes Brazil. [2]

Description

The shell is semi-globose and very thin. [3] The color of the shell is olive-green or brown-tinted olive in color; somewhat shining but not glossy. [3] The surface is closely and strongly corrugated. [3] The corrugation rather is regular, though sometimes folds split or are intercalated. [3] Spire is conic. [3] The shell has 3½-4 moderately convex whorls. [3] The last whorl is globose. [3] The suture is slowly descending in front. [3] Aperture is rounded-ovate, very oblique, the outer lip thin, its upper end inserted at or near the periphery of the penultimate whorl. [3] The columellar lip is very thin and regularly arcuate. [3]

The width of the shell is 10.7 [4] -14 mm; [3] the height of the shell is 11.7 [4] -14 mm. [3] The width of the aperture is 9.5 mm; the longest axis of the aperture is 12.4 mm. [3]

Frontal view of Simpulopsis rufovirens Simpulopsis rufovirens.jpg
Frontal view of Simpulopsis rufovirens
Apical view of Simpulopsis rufovirens Simpulopsis rufovirens 2.jpg
Apical view of Simpulopsis rufovirens
Simpulopsis rufovirens on vegetation Simpulopsis rufovirens cropped.jpg
Simpulopsis rufovirens on vegetation
Simpulopsis rufovirens in motion

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References

This article incorporates public domain text from the reference [3]

  1. ↑ Moricand S. (1846). Mem. Soc. Phys. et His. Nat. Géneve, 11: 147-149, plate 5, figure 4.
  2. 1 2 (in Portuguese) Salgado N. C. & Coelho A. C. S. (2003). "Moluscos terrestres do Brasil (Gastrópodes operculados ou não, exclusive Veronicellidae, Milacidae e Limacidae)". Rev. Biol. Trop.51(Suppl. 3): 149-189. (with English abstract), PDF Archived 2011-10-04 at the Wayback Machine .
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