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Harmozica ravergiensis

Harmozica ravergiensis
Apertual view of a shell of Harmozica ravergiensis. Width of the shell is 12 mm.
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Stylommatophora
Family: Hygromiidae
Genus: Harmozica
Species:
H. ravergiensis
Binomial name
Harmozica ravergiensis
(Férussac, 1835)[1]
Synonyms[2]

Helix ravergiensis Férussac, 1835

Harmozica ravergiensis is a species of an air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Hygromiidae, the hairy snails and their allies.

This is the type species of the genus Harmozica.[3]

The specific name ravergiensis is in honour of Mr. M. Ravergie.[1]

Distribution

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The distribution of this species is Caucasian[4] and countries include:

The type locality is "Caucasus".[2]

Description

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The shape of the shell of Harmozica ravergiensis is globose.

Apical view of a shell.
Umbilical view of a shell.

References

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  1. ^ a b Férussac A. E. J. P. J. F. d'Audebard de (1835). "Novæ species aut minus cognitæ e Chondri, Bulimi, Peristomæ Helicisque generibus præcipue Rossiæ meridionalis; auctore J. Krynicki, Prof." In-8. de 45 p. av. 5 pl. color. (Extrait du Bullet. de la Société impér. des natural. de Moscou, tome VI.). Bulletin Zoologique 1835: 19-21. page 21.
  2. ^ a b "Species taxon summary ravergiensis Férussac, 1835 described in Helix". AnimalBase, accessed May 2, 2014.
  3. ^ "Genus taxon summary for Harmozica". AnimalBase, accessed May 2, 2014.
  4. ^ a b c d Balashov I. A., Kramarenko S. S., Zhukov A. V., Shklyaruk A. N., Baidashnikov A. A. & Vasyliuk A. V. (2013). "Contribution to the knowledge of terrestrial molluscs in southeastern Ukraine". Malacologica Bohemoslovaca 12: 62-69. PDF.
  5. ^ a b c d "Caucasian Land Snails" Archived 2014-03-03 at the Wayback Machine. accessed May 2, 2014.


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