Eutrochatella tankervillii
Eutrochatella tankervillii shells.
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Neritimorpha
clade Cycloneritimorpha
Superfamily:
Helicinoidea
Family:
Helicinidae
Genus:
Eutrochatella
Species:
E. tankervillii
Binomial name
Eutrochatella tankervillii
(Gray, 1824)
Synonyms

Helicina tankervillii Gray, 1824
Eutrochatella tankervillei (orth. error)

Eutrochatella tankervillii is a species of tropical land snail with an operculum, a terrestrial gastropod mollusk in the family Helicinidae.

The specific name tankervillii is in honor of Charles Bennet, 4th Earl of Tankerville.

Distribution

Jamaica.[1]

Description

Circulatory system: The osmotic pressure of the hemolymph of Eutrochatella tankervillii is 67 mOsm.[2]

References

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  1. ↑ Rosenberg G. & Muratov I. V. (2006). "Status report on the terrestrial Mollusca of Jamaica". Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 155(1): 117-161.
  2. ↑ Little C. (1983). The colonisation of land: origins and adaptations of terrestrial animals. Cambridge University Press, 290 pp., page 37.


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