Labyrinthus leucodon
| Labyrinthus leucodon | |
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| Two shells of Labyrinthus leucodon | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Heterobranchia clade Euthyneura clade Panpulmonata clade Eupulmonata clade Stylommatophora informal group Sigmurethra |
| Superfamily: | Helicoidea |
| Family: | Pleurodontidae |
| Genus: | Labyrinthus |
| Species: | L. leucodon |
| Binomial name | |
| Labyrinthus leucodon (Pfeiffer, 1847) | |
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Labyrinthus leucodon is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Labyrinthus.
Description
The periphery of the shell of this species is acutely angulated. The spire is normally elevated, and the sides of the spire are flat to slightly rounded. The shell aperture is moderately deflected. Within the aperture, the high, simple parietal lamella starts descending before it runs into the parietal lip. The basal lip has a broad, prominent knob. The lower palatal tooth is a prominent, crescentic lamella, with strong lateral buttresses. The upper palatal lip often has a small tuberculate denticle.[1]
The periostracum is brownish in color, occasionally speckled with greenish yellow.[1]
Distribution
This species occurs in:
- Venezuela[1][2] (reported for the states of Carabobo,[1][3] Distrito Capital,[1][2] Falcón,[3] Mérida,[1][2] Vargas[1] and Yaracuy[1][2])
- Colombia[1]
See also
References
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Solem A. (31 May) 1966. The Neotropical land snail genera: Labyrinthus and Isomeria (Pulmonata, Camaenidae). Fieldiana, Zoology, volume 50: page 122-124.
- 1 2 3 4 Baker, Horace Burrinton. 1926: The mollusca collected by the University of Michigan-Willianson Expedicion in Venezuela. Occacional Papers of the Museum of Zoology University of Michigan. Nº 167:1-65
- 1 2 Catalogo de la colección de Moluscos del Museo de Biología de la Universidad Central (MBUCV-XIV)
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