Parmacella olivieri
| Parmacella olivieri | |
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| Drawing of dorsal view and right lateral view of Parmacella olivieri from its type description by Georges Cuvier. | |
| 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: | Parmacelloidea |
| Family: | Parmacellidae |
| Genus: | Parmacella |
| Species: | P. olivieri |
| Binomial name | |
| Parmacella olivieri Cuvier, 1804[1] | |
Parmacella olivieri is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Parmacellidae.
Parmacella olivieri is the type species of the genus Parmacella.[2]
Distribution
The distribution of this species includes:
Description
The shell is very narrow, thick-walled.[2] The apex is smooth and glossy amber golden.[2] There are several tubercles and wrinkles in the aperture.[2]
The animal is brown with chocolate brown bands on the mantle.[2] The mantle is up to 20 mm long.[2] The whole animal up to 32 mm long.[2]
 Drawing of anatomy of Parmacella olivieri from its type description. |
 Drawing of anatomy of Parmacella olivieri from its type description. |
References
This article incorporates public domain text from the reference.[2]
- ↑ (French) Cuvier G. (1804). "Mémoire sur la dolabelle, sur la testacelle et sur un nouveau genre de mollusques à coquille cachée, nommée parmacelle". Annales du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle 5(30): 435-444, Plate 29. Paris.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 "Species summary for Parmacella olivieri". AnimalBase, last modified 7 June 2008, accessed 1 September 2010.
Further reading
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(German) Simroth H. (1883) "Anatomie der Parmacella Olivieri Cuv." Jahrbücher der Deutschen Malakozoologischen Gesellschaft 10: 1-46. Plate 1.
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