Opeas lamoense Melvill & Ponsonby, 1892

Rowson, B, Warren, B. H. & Ngereza, C. F., 2010, Terrestrial molluscs of Pemba Island, Zanzibar, Tanzania, and its status as an " oceanic " island, ZooKeys 70, pp. 1-39 : 17

publication ID

https://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.70.762

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/5AE85547-FE12-D8C3-4336-B208DFA26AF2

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scientific name

Opeas lamoense Melvill & Ponsonby, 1892
status

 

20. Opeas lamoense Melvill & Ponsonby, 1892

Buliminus lamoense Melvill and Ponsonby 1892: 90; pl. V, fig. 12

Notes.

Pemba specimens reach 11.0 × 4.0 mm, being relatively much broader and with a relatively larger body whorl than Allopeas gracile . At one high forest site (Ngezi N2) some individuals have much stronger ribs, although the shell shape is similar.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Mollusca

Class

Gastropoda

Order

Stylommatophora

Family

Achatinidae

Genus

Opeas