A new species of Streptaxidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Pulmonata) from southeastern Nigeria

2007/10/01 by Chris O. Oke · 2 citations
Agricultural and Biological Sciences · #Anatomy #Biology #Gastropoda #Lamella (surface anatomy) #Mollusca #Mollusks and Parasites Studies #Pulmonata #Subgenus #Taxonomy (biology) #Zoology

paper · doi:10.3377/1562-7020(2007)42[286:ansosm]2.0.co;2

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Abstract

A new species of Streptaxidae, Gulella obani, is described from southeastern Nigeria. On account of its apical sculpture, which is spirally and vertically striate, long angular lamella and presence of a basal denticle the new species is placed in the subgenus Tortigulella Pilsbry.

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• Gulella [wikipedia]
• List of non-marine molluscs of Nigeria [wikipedia]

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