Opeas hannense ( Rang, 1831 )

Muratov, Igor V., 2010, Terrestrial molluscs of Cabo Delgado and adjacent inland areas of north-eastern Mozambique, African Invertebrates 51 (2), pp. 255-255 : 270

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.5733/afin.051.0203

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7914545

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03C62100-D26E-BA30-4DCC-4409FC0FFEEC

treatment provided by

Felipe

scientific name

Opeas hannense ( Rang, 1831 )
status

 

Opeas hannense ( Rang, 1831) View in CoL

Fig. 28 View Figs 26–29 Helix (Cochlicelle) hannensis: Rang 1831:41 , pl.3, fig.8 ( Cape Verde peninsula,WestAfrica;4–5 × 1.5–2 mm).

One of the most common and widespread (mostly through introduction) tropical species; found at one station inland. This is apparently the first record of this species from eastern Africa. The illustrated shell is almost the same in size and proportions as Opeas araeum Connolly, 1923: 652 , pl. 19, fig. 35 (type: 5.3× 1.8 mm from Kenya), which is possibly a synonym of hannense . Can be easily separated from the two other small subulinids in the area by the narrow but decisively open umbilicus.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Mollusca

Class

Gastropoda

Order

Stylommatophora

Family

Achatinidae

Genus

Opeas

Darwin Core Archive (for parent article) View in SIBiLS Plain XML RDF