Acliceratia beddomei is a species of very small somewhat amphibious land snail with a gill and an operculum, a semi-terrestrial gastropod mollusk or micromollusk in the family Iravadiidae.[1]
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| Acliceratia beddomei (holotype at MNHN, Paris) | |
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| Acliceratia beddomei (Dautzenberg, 1912)
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Aclis beddomei Dautzenberg, 1912 (basionym) | |
This species was named by Philippe Dautzenberg after his colleague M.Beddome.
Description
editThe elongated, turreted shell has a uniform white color. The spire is composed of eight whorls, separated by a closely channeled suture. The protoconch is embryonic, smooth and convex. The two following whorls are also convex, but decorated with striae slightly decurrent. The others are less convex adorned with more pronounced decurrent striae. They show, below the suture, a quite acute projecting keel, that extends around the base of the body whorl. The aperture is oval, angular at the top. The columella is arcuate, surrounded by a callous bead, acuminate at the base.[2]
Distribution
editThe type specimen was retrieved in the Atlantic Ocean off Conakry, Guinea. It also occurs off Angola and Cape Esterias.
References
edit- ^ a b Gofas, S. (2010). Acliceratia beddomei (Dautzenberg, 1912). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=224679 on 2011-04-02
- ^ Dautzenberg, Mollusques Marins d'Afrique Occidentale, Annales de l'Institut Océanographique, Monaco 1909
- Dautzenberg, Ph.; Fischer, H. (1912). Mollusques provenant des campagnes de l'Hirondelle et de la Princesse-Alice dans les Mers du Nord. Résultats des Campagnes Scientifiques Accomplies sur son Yacht par Albert Ier Prince Souverain de Monaco, XXXVII. Imprimerie de Monaco: Monaco. 629, plates I-XI pp.
- Bernard, P.A. (Ed.) (1984). Coquillages du Gabon [Shells of Gabon]. Pierre A. Bernard: Libreville, Gabon. 140, 75 plates
- Ponder W. F. (1984) A review of the genera of the Iravadiidae (Gastropoda: Rissoacea) with an assessment of the relationships of the family. Malacologia 25(1): 21-71
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