Tropidoptera
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Tropidoptera is a genus of small, air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Amastridae. [1]
Description
(Described as Endodonta (Pterodiscus)) The shell is umbilicated, depressed, thin, or fragile, with a translucent horny-brown coloration.
The whorls are finely and densely striated, with the body whorl sharply keeled at the periphery and distinctly carinated around the umbilicus. The aperture is oblique and toothless, with a thin, simple lip. [2]
Distribution
It is endemic to the Hawaiian Islands.
Species
Species within the genus Tropidotera include:
- Tropidoptera alata (L. Pfeiffer, 1856)
- Tropidoptera discus (Pilsbry & Vanatta, 1905)
- Tropidoptera heliciformis (Ancey, 1890)
- Tropidoptera rex (Sykes, 1904)
- Tropidoptera wesleyi (Sykes, 1896)
References
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External links
- Nomenclator Zoologicus info
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