Elaphroconcha

Elaphroconcha
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Heterobranchia
clade Euthyneura
clade Panpulmonata
clade Eupulmonata
clade Stylommatophora
informal group Sigmurethra
clade limacoid clade
Superfamily: Dyakioidea
Family: Dyakiidae
Genus: Elaphroconcha
Gude, 1911[1]

Elaphroconcha is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Dyakiidae.

The generic name Elaphroconcha consist of Ancient Greek word ἐλαφρός (elaphrós) that means "light" and of Ancient Greek word κόγχη (konche) that means "shell" (conch).[1]

Species

The genus Elaphroconcha includes 10 species:[2]

Description

Gerard Pierre Laurent Kalshoven Gude described the genus like this:[1]

Shell depressed, thin, fragile, translucent corneous, amber-coloured, dull above, polished below, finely striated, last whorl dilated towards aperture, more than twice the size of the penultimate whorl, impervious.

References

This article incorporates public domain text from the reference.[1]

  1. 1 2 3 4 Gude G. P. L. K. (March 1911) "Note on some preoccupied molluscan generic names and proposed new genera of the family Zonitidae". Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London 9: 269-. page 273.
  2. 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

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