Partula mooreana
Moorean viviparous tree snail | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Heterobranchia |
Order: | Stylommatophora |
Family: | Partulidae |
Genus: | Partula |
Species: | P. mooreana
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Binomial name | |
Partula mooreana W. D. Hartman, 1880[2]
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Partula mooreana,
Original description
Partula mooreana was originally described by William Dell Hartman (1817–1899) in 1880.[2] Hartman's original text (the type description) reads as follows:
Partula Mooreana, Hartman.
Shell sinistral, ovate, elongate, thin, translucent, pale yellowish horn-color, apex darker; whorls 5, flatly convex, body whorl, with or without from one to three narrow, pale, brown revolving bands; surface smooth, with fine, oblique striations, which are decussated by crowded waved spiral striae; a narrow white line beneath the
suture; aperturehearly half the length of the shell, lip white, moderately reflected, pillar tooth oval, prominent, situated nearest the superior angle, umbilicus open, moderately compressed.Length 18 mill., diameter 9 mill.
Hab. —
Moorea (Andrew Garrett, Esq.).In one hundred and forty-six species and varieties of Partula represented in my collection, this shell possesses constant and well-marked specific characters. Mr. Garrett informs me that fifteen hundred specimens were all sinistral and dentate. The surface of the shell resembles P. spadicea and varieties from Moorea in possessing the thickly crowded waved spiral striae.
This species is
arboreal, and is not uncommon on bushes, inVaianai Valley, the metropolis of P. vexillum Pse. = P. stenostoma Ph.
References
This article incorporates public domain text from reference.[2]
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External links
moorean-viviparous-tree-snail/partula-mooreana Partula mooreana media from ARKive