Kingdom Animalia Superfamily Helicoidea Phylum Mollusca | Class Gastropoda Family Trissexodontidae Rank Genus | |
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Similar Trissexodontidae, Suboestophora, Pseudotachea, Xerotricha, Caracollina lenticula | ||
Oestophora calpeana
Oestophora is a genus of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial gastropod mollusk in the family Trissexodontidae.
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Oestophora calpeana morelet 1854
Distribution
The distribution of the genus Oestophora includes western Iberian peninsula, north Africa and the Azores.
Description
The shell is ribbed, with rounded or keeled whorls. The apertural margin is reflected and thickened.
Reproductive system: There is no flagellum, no penial papilla. There is one small dart sac, one longer accessory sac separated from vaginal walls and vagina with 3 simple and long accessory (mucus) glands.
The number of haploid chromosomes is 30.
Species
Species within the genus Oestophoa include:
Synonyms:
References
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