Sinployea decorticata
| Sinployea decorticata | |
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| Drawing of the shell of Sinployea decorticata. | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Heterobranchia |
| Order: | Stylommatophora |
| Family: | Charopidae |
| Genus: | Sinployea |
| Species: | †S. decorticata
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| Binomial name | |
| †Sinployea decorticata | |
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Sinployea decorticata a
extinct
.
Shell description
Sinployea decorticata was originally discovered and described under the name Pitys decorticata by American naturalist Andrew Garrett in 1872.[2]
Garrett's original text (the
type description
) reads as follows:
oblique, orbicular luniform; peristome thin, simple; parietal region very thinly callosed.
The width of the shell is 4 mm. The height of the shell is 2 mm.[2]
Type specimen are stored in the collection of
Academy of Natural Sciences in Philadelphia.[2]
Distribution
Habitat
Andrew Garrett commented on the habitat of this land snail, saying it was, "a common species found on the ground in a mountain ravine".[2]
References
This article incorporates public domain text from reference.[2]
Further reading
- Solem A. (7 January 1983) Endodontoid land snails from Pacific Islands (Mollusca: Pulmonata: Sigmurethra). Part II. Families Punctidae and Charopidae, Zoogeography. Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago, ISSN 0015-0754. Image of Sinployea decorticata is on the page 109, text on page 110.