Allopeas prestoni
{{Short description|Species of gastropod}}
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| image_caption = Shell of Allopeas prestoni (holotype)
| taxon = Allopeas prestoni
| authority = (Sykes, 1898)
| synonyms = Opeas prestoni Sykes, 1898 (original combination)
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Allopeas prestoni is a species of small, tropical, air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Achatinidae.{{WRMS species|1450485 |Allopeas prestoni(Sykes, 1898)|29 August 2024}}
;Variety:
- Allopeas prestoni var. hawaiiense (Sykes, 1904): synonym of Allopeas clavulinum (Potiez & Michaud, 1838) (junior subjective synonym)
Description
The length of the shell attains 11 mm, its diameter 3.25 mm.
(Original description in Latin) The slightly perforate and elongate-cylindrical shell is translucent, thin, and exhibits a horny or waxy-horny coloration. The protoconch is somewhat blunt. The shell comprises 8.5 flatly convex whorls, delicately striated with growth lines. The body whorl accounts for 9/20 of the total shell length. The suture is distinctly impressed. The aperture is elongate-ovate in shape. The peristome is simple and sharp, with the columellar margin slightly reflexed at the base, nearly covering the perforation. {{cite journal |last1=Sykes |first1=E.R. |title=List of the species of Cataulus found in Ceylon, with descriptions of some new land-shells from that island. |journal=Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London |date=1898 |volume=3 |page=73 |url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32075406 |access-date=29 August 2024}} {{source-attribution}}
Distribution
The distribution of Allopeas prestoni includes:
References
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External links
- {{cite book |last1=Naggs, F. & Raheem, D |title=Land snail diversity in Sri Lanka. An illustrated guide prepared for the launch of the Darwin Initiative programme. Photography by Harold Taylor. |date=2000 |publisher=The Natural History Museum |location=London |isbn=0565091514 |pages=1-203 |url=https://www.nhm.ac.uk/our-science/data/tropical-land-snails/taxa.dsml}}
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