Fanulena imitatrix
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Fanulena imitratrix is a species of air-breathing land snail or semislug, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Microcystidae. [1]
It is the type species of the genus Fanulena.
Description
The length of the shell attains 5.5 mm, its diameter 5 mm.
(Original description in Latin) The shell is imperforate and elevated-conical in shape, regularly marked with roughened oblique ribs. It is horn-colored, adorned with chestnut spots, and features a slightly pointed, flattened protoconch. There are 5½ flattened whorls, with the body whorl keeled. The base is nearly smooth and slightly impressed, faintly marked by growth lines and spirals, with an impressed suture. The aperture is rhomboidal, with a sharp right margin and a thickened columellar margin, often equipped with an inconspicuous, whitish tooth.[2]
Distribution
This species is endemic to Norfolk Island.Template:Fact
References
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- ↑ MolluscaBase eds. (2024). MolluscaBase. Fanulena imitatrix (Sykes, 1900). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1149821 on 2024-09-21
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