Gittenbergeria turriplana

Gittenbergeria turriplana
Shell of Gittenbergeria turriplana
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Stylommatophora
Family: Trissexodontidae
Genus: Gittenbergeria
Species:
G. turriplana
Binomial name
Gittenbergeria turriplana
(Morelet, 1845)[2]
Synonyms
  • Helix turriplana Morelet, 1845
  • Gittenbergeri turriplana (Morrelet, 1845) [orth. error]

Gittenbergeria turriplana is a species of air-breathing land snail, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Trissexodontidae.[3][4][5]

Distribution

map showing Algarve region in southern Portugal, where Gittenbergeria turriplana is endemic to.

This species is endemic to the Algarve, southern Portugal.[6] It is a frequent species in the Algarve and locally very common.[6]

Description

The shell is brown with a characteristic microsculpture, depressed with a strong keel.[6] The first whorls are almost flat.[6] The aperture is narrow.[6] Margin reflected and turned outward.[6] There are two teeth on the lower edge corresponding to 2 conspicuous depressions on the outer shell.[6] The umbilicus is open and eccentric.[6]

The width of the shell is 12–14 mm.[6] The height of the shell is 5–6 mm.[6]

Animal is almost black with a lighter foot, upper tentacles very long.[6]

Ecology

It lives in low altitudes on calcareous substrate, close to the coast.[6] It is frequent at old walls and in old gardens and parks in cities, also in shrublands and cultivated areas.[6]

References

This article incorporates public domain text from the reference[6]

  1. ^ Arrébola, J. (2011). "Gittenbergeria turriplana". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2011: e.T9197A12969375. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2011-1.RLTS.T9197A12969375.en. Retrieved 17 November 2021.
  2. ^ Morelet A. (1845). Description des mollusques terrestres et fluviatiles du Portugal. pp. [1-3], I-VII, 1-116, Pl. I-XIV. Paris. (Bailliere). page 59, Plate 6, fig. 3.
  3. ^ Gittenbergeri turriplana. Fauna Europaea, last update 27 January 2011, accessed 12 May 2011.
  4. ^ Bouchet, Philippe; Rocroi, Jean-Pierre; Frýda, Jiri; Hausdorf, Bernard; Ponder, Winston; Valdés, Ángel & Warén, Anders (2005). "Classification and nomenclator of gastropod families". Malacologia. 47 (1–2). Hackenheim, Germany: ConchBooks: 1–397. ISBN 3-925919-72-4. ISSN 0076-2997.
  5. ^ Prieto C. E., Puente A. I, Altonaga K. & Gomez J. (1993). "Genital morphology of Caracolina lenticula (Michaud, 1831), with a new proposal of classification of helicodontoid genera (Pulmonata: Hygromioidea)". Malacologia 35(1): 63-77. page 73-74.
  6. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n "Species summary for Gittenbergeria turriplana". AnimalBase, last modified 31 January 2010, accessed 12 May 2011.