Eutrochatella tankervillii

Eutrochatella tankervillii is a species of tropical land snail with an operculum, a terrestrial gastropod mollusk in the family Helicinidae.

Eutrochatella tankervillii
Eutrochatella tankervillii shells.
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Neritimorpha
clade Cycloneritimorpha
Superfamily:
Helicinoidea
Family:
Helicinidae
Genus:
Eutrochatella
Species:
E. tankervillii
Binomial name
Eutrochatella tankervillii
(Gray, 1824)
Synonyms

Helicina tankervillii Gray, 1824
Eutrochatella tankervillei (orth. error)

The specific name tankervillii is in honor of Charles Bennet, 4th Earl of Tankerville.

Distribution

Jamaica.[1]

Description

Circulatory system: The osmotic pressure of the hemolymph of Eutrochatella tankervillii is 67 mOsm.[2]

References
  1. Rosenberg G. & Muratov I. V. (2006). "Status report on the terrestrial Mollusca of Jamaica". Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 155(1): 117-161.
  2. Little C. (1983). The colonisation of land: origins and adaptations of terrestrial animals. Cambridge University Press, 290 pp., page 37.
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