Apoma gracile

Apoma gracile
Shell of Apoma gracile (holotype)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Order:	Stylommatophora
Family:	Urocoptidae
Genus:	Apoma
Species:	A. gracile
Binomial name
Apoma gracile (W. Wood, 1828)
Synonyms
Turbo gracilis W. Wood, 1828 (original combination)

Apoma gracile is a species of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial, pulmonate, gastropod molluscs in the subfamily Brachypodellinae of the family Urocoptidae.

Taxonomy

There is a senior homonym, Turbo gracilis Brocchi, 1814, omitted by Pilbsry, 1903 in discussion of Apoma gracile (W. Wood, 1828).

Description

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The length of the shell attains 27 mm.

Distribution

This tree snail occurs on Jamaica.

References

External links

• Pilsbry, H.A. (1903–1904). Manual of conchology, structural and systematic, with illustrations of the species. Ser. 2, Pulmonata. Vol. 16: Urocoptidae, Achatinidae. pp i-xl, 1-329, pls 1-37. Philadelphia: Conchological Department, Academy of Natural Sciences. p. 100. Retrieved 4 July 2026. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
• Rosenberg, G. & Muratov, I. V. (2006). "Status report on the terrestrial Mollusca of Jamaica". Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. 155: 156. Bibcode:2006PANSP.155..117R. doi:10.1635/i0097-3157-155-1-117.1.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
• Naturalis Biodiversity Center : image

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