Apoma gracile
| Apoma gracile | |
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| Shell of Apoma gracile (holotype) | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Order: | Stylommatophora |
| Family: | Urocoptidae |
| Genus: | Apoma |
| Species: | A. gracile |
| Binomial name | |
| Apoma gracile (W. Wood, 1828) | |
| Synonyms | |
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Turbo gracilis W. Wood, 1828 (original combination) | |
Apoma gracile is a species of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial, pulmonate, gastropod molluscs in the subfamily Brachypodellinae of the family Urocoptidae.[1]
Taxonomy
[edit]There is a senior homonym, Turbo gracilis Brocchi, 1814, omitted by Pilbsry, 1903 in discussion of Apoma gracile (W. Wood, 1828).[1]
Description
[edit]The length of the shell attains 27 mm.
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Distribution
[edit]This tree snail occurs on Jamaica.
References
[edit]- 1 2 MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Apoma gracile (W. Wood, 1828). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1496277 on 2026-07-04
External links
[edit]- Pilsbry, H.A. (1903–1904). Manual of conchology, structural and systematic, with illustrations of the species. Ser. 2, Pulmonata. Vol. 16: Urocoptidae, Achatinidae. pp i-xl, 1-329, pls 1-37. Philadelphia: Conchological Department, Academy of Natural Sciences. p. 100. Retrieved 4 July 2026.
This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain. - Rosenberg, G. & Muratov, I. V. (2006). "Status report on the terrestrial Mollusca of Jamaica". Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. 155: 156. Bibcode:2006PANSP.155..117R. doi:10.1635/i0097-3157-155-1-117.1.
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