Coloniconcha
| Coloniconcha | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Heterobranchia clade Euthyneura |
| Superfamily: | Helicoidea |
| Family: | Pleurodontidae |
| Genus: | Coloniconcha Pilsbry, 1933[1] |
| Species: | C. prima |
| Binomial name | |
| Coloniconcha prima Pilsbry, 1933[1] | |
Coloniconcha prima is a species of air-breathing semi-slug, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Pleurodontidae.[2]
Coloniconcha prima is the only species in the genus Coloniconcha.[2]
It occurs on Hispaniola in Chaîne de la Selle in Haiti and in Baoruco Mountain Range and the Sierra de Martin García in the Dominican Republic.[2]
Coloniconcha prima has a thin semioval shell.[2] The shape of the shell is similar to Vitrina.[2] The color of the shell is yellow with green tint. The shell has 2.5 whorls.[2] The width of the shell is 22.3 mm.[2]
The animal is greenish yellow in color with dark tentacles.[2] Black spots on the mantle are visible through translucent shell.[2]
References
- 1 2 Pilsbry H. A. (1933). "Santo Domingo land mollusks collected by Daniel C. Pease, 1932 and A.A. Olsson, 1916". Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 85: 121-162.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Breure A. S. H. (2010). "The rediscovery of a semi-slug: Coloniconcha prima Pilsbry, 1933 (Gastropoda, Pleurodontidae) from Hispaniola". Basteria 74(4-6): 78-86.