Taguahelix elaiodes

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Taguahelix elaiodes
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Drawing of a shell of Taguahelix elaiodes (holotype)
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Heterobranchia
Order: Stylommatophora
Family: Punctidae
Genus: Taguahelix
Species:
T. elaiodes
Binomial name
Taguahelix elaiodes
(W. H. Webster, 1904)
Synonyms [1]

Laoma (Phrixgnathus) elaiodesW. H. Webster, 1904 superseded combination)

Contents

Taguahelix elaiodes is a species of terrestrial snail in the family Punctidae. [1]

Description

The length of the shell attains 3 mm, its diameter 2 mm.

(Original description) The turbinate shell is olive-green and shining. The shell contains 4½, rounded whorls. The protoconch consists of 1½ concentrically striate whorls. The remaining whorls are irregularly, radiately, finely striate and substriate with about 10 striations per millim., the substriations are variable in number and extent, both directed backwards. the whole shell is concentrically wave-striated. The suture is deep. The periphery is rounded. The umbilicus is narrow and pervious. The outer lip is simple, the margins slightly converging. The columella is vertical, reflexed above and slightly covers the umbilicus. The base of the shell is rounded [2]

Distribution

This species is endemic to New Zealand and occurs on North Island

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References

  1. 1 2 MolluscaBase eds. (2023). MolluscaBase. Taguahelix elaiodes (W. H. Webster, 1904). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=821418 on 2023-11-14
  2. ↑ Webster, W.H. (1904). New Mollusca from New Zealand. Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London 6: 106-108
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