| Staffordia toruputuensis | |
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| drawing of apertural view of the shell of Staffordia toruputuensis | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Heterobranchia clade Euthyneura clade Panpulmonata clade Eupulmonata clade Stylommatophora informal group Sigmurethra clade limacoid clade |
| Superfamily: | Staffordioidea |
| Family: | Staffordiidae |
| Genus: | Staffordia |
| Species: | S. toruputuensis |
| Binomial name | |
| Staffordia toruputuensis Godwin-Austen |
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Staffordia toruputuensis is a species of air-breathing land snail, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Staffordiidae.
The specific name toruputuensis is apparently according to its type locality, Toruputu Peak.
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The type locality of this species is "Toruputu Peak".[1] The altitude was not speciefied, but it can vary from 1750 m (birdwatching of the same author)[2] to 7,000 feet (2,100 m) (locality of related species Staffordia staffordi).[1] It is in Dafla Hills in India, because whole family Staffordiidae is endemic to Dafla Hills.[3]
The shell is globose with oblique columellar margin.[1] The shell of the type specimen is not fully grown.[1] The sculpture is very smooth, with a thick shining epidermis with indistinct striation.[1] The color is light ochraceous olive-green.[1]
The width of the shell is 14.0-16.5 mm.[1] The height of the shell is 7.25 mm.[1]
This article incorporates public domain text from the reference.[1]