Staffordia staffordi

Last updated

Staffordia staffordi
Staffordia staffordi shell.png
A drawing of an apertural view of a shell of Staffordia staffordi
Scientific classification OOjs UI icon edit-ltr.svg
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Heterobranchia
Order: Stylommatophora
Family: Staffordiidae
Genus: Staffordia
Species:
S. staffordi
Binomial name
Staffordia staffordi

Staffordia staffordi is a species of air-breathing land snail, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Staffordiidae.

Contents

The specific name staffordi as well as generic name Staffordia is in honor of Brigadier-General Stafford,[ who? ] who was in command of the punitive force which entered the Dafla Hills for the first time in the winter of 1874-1875. [1]

Distribution

The type locality of this species is Toruputu Peak, Dafla Hills, 7,000 feet (2,100 m), in India. [1]

Description

The shell is moderately solid, with a thick epidermis, very globosely conoid, rounded below. [1] The umbilicus almost hidden. [1] The sculpture is small. [1] Elongate papillae arearranged longitudinally, and differing from all the other species collected in the Dafla Hills. [1] The color is olivaceous ochre. [1] The spire is low. [1] The suture is shallow. [1] The shell has 5 whorls with sides convex above, rather flattened on the periphery of the last whorl. [1] The aperture is lunate, narrow, subvertical, milky white within, rounded below. [1] The peristome is thin, slightly sinuate below, and nearly vertical near the columella. [1]

The width of the shell is 13.2-15.2 mm. [1] The height of the shell is 7.8 mm. [1] The type specimen is not adult. [1]

Related Research Articles

<i>Suboestophora hispanica</i> Species of gastropod

Suboestophora hispanica is a species of small air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Trissexodontidae within the Helicoidea.

<i>Vertigo pygmaea</i> Species of gastropod

Vertigo pygmaea, common name the "crested vertigo", is a species of minute air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Vertiginidae, the whorl snails.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Staffordiidae</span> Family of gastropods

Staffordiidae is a family of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Trochomorphoidea.

Microphysula cookei, common name the Vancouver snail, is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Thysanophoridae.

<i>Ariophanta laevipes</i> Species of gastropod

Ariophanta laevipes is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusc in the family Ariophantidae.

<i>Anostoma octodentatum</i> Species of gastropod

Anostoma octodentatum, common name Brazilian up-mouth snail, is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Odontostomidae.

<i>Ariophanta interrupta</i> Species of gastropod

Ariophanta interrupta is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Ariophantidae.

<i>Indrella</i> Genus of mollusc

Indrella is a monotypic genus containing the single species Indrella ampulla, a tropical terrestrial air-breathing gastropod mollusk in the family Ariophantidae. It is endemic to the Western Ghats of India.

Oreohelix carinifera, common name keeled mountainsnail, is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Oreohelicidae.

Amnicola walkeri, common name Canadian duskysnail, is a species of freshwater snail, an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Amnicolidae.

<i>Pyrgophorus spinosus</i> Species of gastropod

Pyrgophorus spinosus, common name the spiny crownsnail, is a species of very small freshwater snail with a gill and an operculum, an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Hydrobiidae.

<i>Canariella hispidula</i> Species of gastropod

Canariella hispidula is a species of small, air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Canariellidae, the hairy snails and their allies.

<i>Eostrobilops hirasei</i> Species of gastropod

Eostrobilops hirasei is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Strobilopsidae.

<i>Staffordia toruputuensis</i> Species of gastropod

Staffordia toruputuensis is a species of air-breathing land snail, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Staffordiidae.

<i>Staffordia daflaensis</i> Species of gastropod

Staffordia daflaensis is a species of air-breathing land snail, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Staffordiidae.

<i>Staffordia</i> Genus of gastropods

Staffordia is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Staffordiidae.

<i>Scutalus mariopenai</i> Species of gastropod

Scutalus mariopenai is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Bulimulidae.

<i>Leptacme cuongi</i> Species of gastropod

Leptacme cuongi is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial gastropod mollusk in the family Clausiliidae, the door snails.

<i>Potamolithus rushii</i> Species of gastropod

Potamolithus rushii is a species of freshwater snail with an operculum, an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Lithoglyphidae.

<i>Cremnoconchus carinatus</i> Species of gastropod

Cremnoconchus carinatus is a species of freshwater snail, an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Littorinidae, the winkles or periwinkles.

References

This article incorporates public domain text from the reference. [1]

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 Godwin-Austen H. H. (1907). Land and freshwater mollusca of India, including South Arabia, Baluchistan, Afghanistan, Kashmir, Nepal, Burma, Pegu, Tenasserim, Malaya Peninsula, Ceylon and other islands of the Indian Ocean; Supplementary to Masers Theobald and Hanley's Conchologica Indica. Taylor and Francis, London. 2: page 185-186, plate CXIII, figure 4.
This page is based on this Wikipedia article
Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.