Chloritis gruneri

Chloritis gruneri
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Stylommatophora
Family: Camaenidae
Genus: Chloritis
Species:
C. gruneri
Binomial name
Chloritis gruneri
(L. Pfeiffer, 1845)
Synonyms
  • Helix gruneri L. Pfeiffer, 1845

Chloritis gruneri is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusc in the family Camaenidae.

Distribution

The type locality is unknown. Distribution include Kendari, Sulawesi.

Shell description

The shell is large for the genus, brown, without hairs, somewhat elevated spire, umbilicated, the ends of the peristome connected with a strong, white callus bearing a more or less conspicuous tooth. The width of the shell is 34–45 mm.

References

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  1. ↑ Pfeiffer L. (1845). "Description of twenty-two new species of landshells, belonging to the collection of Mr H. Cuming". Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1845: 63-69.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 Maassen W. J. M. (2009). "Remarks on the genus Chloritis in Sulawesi, Indonesia, with the descriptions of two new species (Gastropoda: Pulmonata: Camaenidae)". Zoologische Mededelingen 83 HTM Archived 2014-01-16 at the Wayback Machine.

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