Allopeas acmella

{{Short description|Species of gastropod}}

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| image = Allopeas acmella 001.jpg

| image_caption = Drawing of a shell of Allopeas acmella (holotype)

| taxon = Allopeas acmella

| authority = (Morelet, 1885)

| synonyms= Stenogyra acmella Morelet, 1885 (original combination)

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Allopeas acmella is a species of small, tropical, air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Achatinidae.{{WRMS species|1299033|Allopeas acmella(Morelet, 1885)|27 August 2024}}

Description

The length of the shell attains 4.5 mm, its diameter 4 ¼ mm.

(Original description in Latin) The crystalline and smooth shell is small, turreted and needle-shaped, with a slightly blunt apex. It has 7 barely convex whorls, bordered by a finely toothed suture, with the body whorl making up about one-fourth of the shell's length. The aperture is ovate-lunate, with simple, curved margins, and the columellar margin slightly expanded and reflected at the top. {{cite journal |last1=Morelet |first1=Arthur |title=Coquilles terrestres et fluviatiles de l'Afrique équinoxiale |journal=Journal de conchyliologie |date=1885 |volume=33 |page=26 |url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15979345#page/34/mode/1up |access-date=27 August 2024}} {{source-attribution}}

Distribution

This species was found in the Mayumba National Park, Gabon.

References

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  • {{cite book |last1=Breure, A. S. H., Audibert, C. & Ablett, J. D. |title=Pierre Marie Arthur Morelet (1809-1892) and his contributions to malacology |date=2018 |publisher=Nederlandse Malacologische Vereniging |location=Leiden |page=192}}