Tropidoptera heliciformis
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Tropidoptera heliciformis is a species of small, air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Amastridae. [1]
Description
The length of the shell attains 6 mm, its diameter 10 mm.
(Original description in Latin) The shell is heliciform, depressed, and broadly umbilicate, with the umbilicus open, deep, angular at the margin, and approximately 2 mm in width. The surface is matte, brown, and marked with coarse striations, giving it a somewhat solid appearance.
The spire is depressed and broadly conical with a somewhat obtuse apex. It consists of 5 slightly convex whorls that increase regularly in size and are separated by an impressed suture. The body whorl is carinate, sloping convexly above, fully convex below, and gradually descending over a distance in front.
The aperture is oblique, irregularly circular, and furnished with a sharp, revolving, simple columellar fold. It is emarginate and angular externally, rounding at the base. The margins of the aperture are remote, with the columellar margin straight-sloping and forming an angle with the basal margin. [2]
Distribution
This species is endemic to Hawaii, occurring on Oahu.
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