Dryocochlias metaformis
Dryocochlias metaformis is a species of medium-sized, air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Camaenidae.[1] [2]
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Shells of Dryocochlias metaformis on display at the Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Milano | |
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(unranked): | clade Heterobranchia clade Euthyneura |
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Subfamily: | Helicostylinae |
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Species: | D. metaformis |
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Dryocochlias metaformis (Ferussac, 1821) | |
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This species can be found in the Philippines. Shells can reach a length of about 55 millimetres (2.2 in).[3]
References
- Biolib
- MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Dryocochlias metaformis (Férussac, 1821). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1456933 on 2021-02-03
- WMSDB
External links
- Férussac, A.E.J.P.F. d'Audebard de. (1821-1822). Tableaux systématiques des animaux mollusques classés en familles naturelles, dans lesquels on a établi la concordance de tous les systèmes; suivis d'un Prodrome général pour tous les mollusques ou fluviatiles, vivantes ou fossiles. Paris, 1821 et 1822.
- Sowerby, G. B., I. (1841). Descriptions of new species of the family Helicidae, collected by Mr. H. Cuming in the Philippine Islands. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 8: 87-91, 96-104, 116-118
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