Boucardicus ambindaensis

Boucardicus ambindaensis is a species of land snail with an operculum, a terrestrial gastropod mollusc in the family Cyclophoridae. This species is endemic to Madagascar, occurs in Tsingy Beanka reserve, around 50 km east of Maintirano city.[1]

Boucardicus ambindaensis
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B. ambindaensis
Binomial name
Boucardicus ambindaensis
Balashov & Griffiths, 2015[1]

Etymology

From occurrence near Ambinda village.

Shell description

Shell is pupilloid-like, almost smooth (with weak radial lines), aperture is almost round, with single columellar lamella relatively deep in aperture that goes through almost whole body-whorl inside it and single palatal lamella in the begging of body-whorl (could be visible through wall of shell). Basal peristome is almost complete, slightly reflected. Height of shell 2.4–2.5 mm, diameter 1.2–1.3 mm.[1]

References

  1. Balashov I. & Griffiths O. (2015). "Two new species of minute land snails from Madagascar: Boucardicus monchenkoi sp. nov. and B. ambindaensis sp. nov. (Caenogastropoda: Cyclophoridae)". Zootaxa. 4052(2): 237-240. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4052.2.9


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