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Afroguppya rumrutiensis

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Description

Afroguppya rumrutiensis (Preston, 1911)

Fig. 47

Thapsia rumrutiensis: Preston 1911: 466, pl. 11, fig. 9 (NW of Mount Kenya; 1.25× 2.50 mm).

A common East African species with a general distribution from Kenya to the Eastern Cape in South Africa. A few damaged shells were found at one station on Cabo Delgado. Differs from the preceding species by the slightly larger shell with an angulated periphery and an always clearly visible microscopic spiral sculpture.

Notes

Published as part of Muratov, Igor V., 2010, Terrestrial molluscs of Cabo Delgado and adjacent inland areas of north-eastern Mozambique, pp. 255 in African Invertebrates 51 (2) on page 278, DOI: 10.5733/afin.051.0203, http://zenodo.org/record/10268367

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Biodiversity

Scientific name authorship
Preston
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Mollusca
Order
Stylommatophora
Family
Euconulidae
Genus
Afroguppya
Species
rumrutiensis
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Afroguppya rumrutiensis (Preston, 1911) sec. Muratov, 2010