Phuphania globosa
Phuphania globosa is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Dyakiidae.[2]
| Phuphania globosa | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Heterobranchia |
| Order: | Stylommatophora |
| Suborder: | Helicina |
| Infraorder: | Limacoidei |
| Superfamily: | Trochomorphoidea |
| Family: | Dyakiidae |
| Genus: | Phuphania |
| Species: | P. globosa |
| Binomial name | |
| Phuphania globosa Tumpeesuwan, Naggs & Panha, 2007[1] | |
This snail lives in the Phu Phan Mountains in northeastern Thailand.[1]
The generic name Phuphania derives from the Phu Phan Mountains, where the snails comes from.[1] The specific name globosa is a Latin word which means "spherical" or "globose".[1]
Shell description
The shell is dextral, and it has 5¾ whorls. The height of the shell is 34.08 mm. The width of the shell is 28.70 mm.
References
- Tumpeesuwan C., Naggs F. & Panha S. (31 August 2007) "A new genus and new species of dyakiid snail (Pulmonata: Dyakiidae) from the Phu Phan range, northeastern Thailand". Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 55(2): 363-369. PDF
- Bouchet, P. (2017). Phuphania globosa C. Tumpeesuwan, Naggs & Panha, 2007. In: MolluscaBase (2017). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=998121 on 2017-07-13
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