Superfamily Urocoptoidea Subfamily Holospirinae Rank Species | Genus Holospira Higher classification Holospira | |
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Holospira elizabethae is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Urocoptidae.
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Paratypes of this species are in the collection of the Natuurhistorisch Museum Rotterdam.
Original description
Holospira elizabethae was originally discovered and described by Henry Augustus Pilsbry in 1889. The type locality is Amula village, which is between the towns of Tixtla and Chilapa de Álvarez, in the State of Guerrero, Mexico.
Shell description
Comparison of apertural view of adult and juvenile shells of Holospira elizabethae:
Comparison of basal (umbilical) views of adult and juvenile shells of Holospira elizabethae:
Distribution
This species occurs in Mexico.
References
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