Brephulopsis cylindrica

Brephulopsis cylindrica
Brephulopsis cylindrica (White form)
Brephulopsis cylindrica (Streaked form)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Heterobranchia

clade Euthyneura
clade Panpulmonata
clade Eupulmonata
clade Stylommatophora
informal group Orthurethra

Superfamily: Enoidea
Family: Enidae
Subfamily: Eninae
Genus: Brephulopsis
Species: B. cylindrica
Binomial name
Brephulopsis cylindrica
(Menke, 1828)[1]
Synonyms

Bulimus cylindricus Menke, 1828

Brephulopsis cylindrica is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Enidae.

The specific name cylindricus cannot be used for this species because Bulimus cylindricus Menke, 1828 is a junior homonym of Bulimus cylindricus Gray, 1825.[2] The correct name is most probably Brephulopsis fusiformis (Menke, 1828).[2]

Distribution

The distribution of this species includes:

Description

The color of the shell is bluish white or white, sometimes with dark streaks and opaque.[2] The shell has 9-12 not very convex whorls.[2] The aperture is inside yellow-brownish in color, with a weak white lip.[2] Columella is slightly thickened.[2]

The width of the shell is 7.5-9 mm.[2] The height of the shell is 22-35 mm.[2]

References

This article incorporates public domain text from the reference[2]

  1. Menke C. T. (1828). Synopsis methodica molluscorum generum omnium et specierum earum, quae in museo Menkeano adservantur; cum synonymia critica et novarum specierum diagnosibus. pp. I-XII [= 1-12], 1-91. Pyrmonti. (Gelpke). page 77.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 "Species summary for Brephulopsis cylindrica". AnimalBase, last modified 12 August 2008, accessed 2 September 2011.
  3. (Russian) Rabchuk V. P. & Zemoglyadchuk K. V. (2011). "Первая для Беларуси находка наземного вида моллюсков Brephulopsis cylindrica (Gastropoda, Pulmonata, Enidae). [The first finding of land snail Brephulopsis cylindrica (Gastropoda, Pulmonata, Enidae) in the territory of Belarus]". Ruthenica 21(2): 95-96. PDF.
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