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Thapsia
''Thapsia'' is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Sheldoniinae of the family Urocyclidae. MolluscaBase eds. (2022). MolluscaBase. Thapsia E. von Martens, 1860. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=996919 on 2022-09-24 Distribution Species in this genus are found in tropical western Africa, from Senegal to Gabon. Description Species attributed to the genus ''Thapsia'' sensu lato have shell diameters ranging from about 15 to 30 mm, with 5½-6½ whorls. These rather featureless dextral shells are characterized by a low spire and their yellow to brown color. The spiral sculpture of the postembryonic shell is slender. In some larger * The sculpture of the radial ribs is formed crosswise (like the letter X) or beadlike. The foot shows a long caudal horn. Species ''Thapsia'' was originally designated in 1860 by German zoologist Johann Christi ...
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Thapsia Conuloidea
''Thapsia'' is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Sheldoniinae of the family Urocyclidae. MolluscaBase eds. (2022). MolluscaBase. Thapsia E. von Martens, 1860. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=996919 on 2022-09-24 Distribution Species in this genus are found in tropical western Africa, from Senegal to Gabon. Description Species attributed to the genus ''Thapsia'' sensu lato have shell diameters ranging from about 15 to 30 mm, with 5½-6½ whorls. These rather featureless dextral shells are characterized by a low spire and their yellow to brown color. The spiral sculpture of the postembryonic shell is slender. In some larger * The sculpture of the radial ribs is formed crosswise (like the letter X) or beadlike. The foot shows a long caudal horn. Species ''Thapsia'' was originally designated in 1860 by German zoologist Johann C ...
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Thapsia Consueta
''Thapsia'' is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Sheldoniinae of the family Urocyclidae. MolluscaBase eds. (2022). MolluscaBase. Thapsia E. von Martens, 1860. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=996919 on 2022-09-24 Distribution Species in this genus are found in tropical western Africa, from Senegal to Gabon. Description Species attributed to the genus ''Thapsia'' sensu lato have shell diameters ranging from about 15 to 30 mm, with 5½-6½ whorls. These rather featureless dextral shells are characterized by a low spire and their yellow to brown color. The spiral sculpture of the postembryonic shell is slender. In some larger * The sculpture of the radial ribs is formed crosswise (like the letter X) or beadlike. The foot shows a long caudal horn. Species ''Thapsia'' was originally designated in 1860 by German zoologist Johann Christ ...
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Thapsia Consobrina
''Thapsia'' is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Sheldoniinae of the family Urocyclidae. MolluscaBase eds. (2022). MolluscaBase. Thapsia E. von Martens, 1860. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=996919 on 2022-09-24 Distribution Species in this genus are found in tropical western Africa, from Senegal to Gabon. Description Species attributed to the genus ''Thapsia'' sensu lato have shell diameters ranging from about 15 to 30 mm, with 5½-6½ whorls. These rather featureless dextral shells are characterized by a low spire and their yellow to brown color. The spiral sculpture of the postembryonic shell is slender. In some larger * The sculpture of the radial ribs is formed crosswise (like the letter X) or beadlike. The foot shows a long caudal horn. Species ''Thapsia'' was originally designated in 1860 by German zoologist Johann Christ ...
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Thapsia Columellaris
''Thapsia'' is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Sheldoniinae of the family Urocyclidae. MolluscaBase eds. (2022). MolluscaBase. Thapsia E. von Martens, 1860. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=996919 on 2022-09-24 Distribution Species in this genus are found in tropical western Africa, from Senegal to Gabon. Description Species attributed to the genus ''Thapsia'' sensu lato have shell diameters ranging from about 15 to 30 mm, with 5½-6½ whorls. These rather featureless dextral shells are characterized by a low spire and their yellow to brown color. The spiral sculpture of the postembryonic shell is slender. In some larger * The sculpture of the radial ribs is formed crosswise (like the letter X) or beadlike. The foot shows a long caudal horn. Species ''Thapsia'' was originally designated in 1860 by German zoologist Johann Christ ...
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Thapsia Cinnamomeozonata
''Thapsia'' is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Sheldoniinae of the family Urocyclidae. MolluscaBase eds. (2022). MolluscaBase. Thapsia E. von Martens, 1860. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=996919 on 2022-09-24 Distribution Species in this genus are found in tropical western Africa, from Senegal to Gabon. Description Species attributed to the genus ''Thapsia'' sensu lato have shell diameters ranging from about 15 to 30 mm, with 5½-6½ whorls. These rather featureless dextral shells are characterized by a low spire and their yellow to brown color. The spiral sculpture of the postembryonic shell is slender. In some larger * The sculpture of the radial ribs is formed crosswise (like the letter X) or beadlike. The foot shows a long caudal horn. Species ''Thapsia'' was originally designated in 1860 by German zoologist Johann Christ ...
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Thapsia Cavernicola
''Thapsia'' is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Sheldoniinae of the family Urocyclidae. MolluscaBase eds. (2022). MolluscaBase. Thapsia E. von Martens, 1860. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=996919 on 2022-09-24 Distribution Species in this genus are found in tropical western Africa, from Senegal to Gabon. Description Species attributed to the genus ''Thapsia'' sensu lato have shell diameters ranging from about 15 to 30 mm, with 5½-6½ whorls. These rather featureless dextral shells are characterized by a low spire and their yellow to brown color. The spiral sculpture of the postembryonic shell is slender. In some larger * The sculpture of the radial ribs is formed crosswise (like the letter X) or beadlike. The foot shows a long caudal horn. Species ''Thapsia'' was originally designated in 1860 by German zoologist Johann Christ ...
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Thapsia Buchholzi
''Thapsia'' is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Sheldoniinae of the family Urocyclidae. MolluscaBase eds. (2022). MolluscaBase. Thapsia E. von Martens, 1860. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=996919 on 2022-09-24 Distribution Species in this genus are found in tropical western Africa, from Senegal to Gabon. Description Species attributed to the genus ''Thapsia'' sensu lato have shell diameters ranging from about 15 to 30 mm, with 5½-6½ whorls. These rather featureless dextral shells are characterized by a low spire and their yellow to brown color. The spiral sculpture of the postembryonic shell is slender. In some larger * The sculpture of the radial ribs is formed crosswise (like the letter X) or beadlike. The foot shows a long caudal horn. Species ''Thapsia'' was originally designated in 1860 by German zoologist Johann Christ ...
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Thapsia Bartaensis
''Thapsia'' is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Sheldoniinae of the family Urocyclidae. MolluscaBase eds. (2022). MolluscaBase. Thapsia E. von Martens, 1860. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=996919 on 2022-09-24 Distribution Species in this genus are found in tropical western Africa, from Senegal to Gabon. Description Species attributed to the genus ''Thapsia'' sensu lato have shell diameters ranging from about 15 to 30 mm, with 5½-6½ whorls. These rather featureless dextral shells are characterized by a low spire and their yellow to brown color. The spiral sculpture of the postembryonic shell is slender. In some larger * The sculpture of the radial ribs is formed crosswise (like the letter X) or beadlike. The foot shows a long caudal horn. Species ''Thapsia'' was originally designated in 1860 by German zoologist Johann Christ ...
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Thapsia Aranea
''Thapsia'' is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Sheldoniinae of the family Urocyclidae. MolluscaBase eds. (2022). MolluscaBase. Thapsia E. von Martens, 1860. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=996919 on 2022-09-24 Distribution Species in this genus are found in tropical western Africa, from Senegal to Gabon. Description Species attributed to the genus ''Thapsia'' sensu lato have shell diameters ranging from about 15 to 30 mm, with 5½-6½ whorls. These rather featureless dextral shells are characterized by a low spire and their yellow to brown color. The spiral sculpture of the postembryonic shell is slender. In some larger * The sculpture of the radial ribs is formed crosswise (like the letter X) or beadlike. The foot shows a long caudal horn. Species ''Thapsia'' was originally designated in 1860 by German zoologist Johann ...
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Thapsia Abyssinica
''Thapsia'' is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Sheldoniinae of the family Urocyclidae. MolluscaBase eds. (2022). MolluscaBase. Thapsia E. von Martens, 1860. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=996919 on 2022-09-24 Distribution Species in this genus are found in tropical western Africa, from Senegal to Gabon. Description Species attributed to the genus ''Thapsia'' sensu lato have shell diameters ranging from about 15 to 30 mm, with 5½-6½ whorls. These rather featureless dextral shells are characterized by a low spire and their yellow to brown color. The spiral sculpture of the postembryonic shell is slender. In some larger * The sculpture of the radial ribs is formed crosswise (like the letter X) or beadlike. The foot shows a long caudal horn. Species ''Thapsia'' was originally designated in 1860 by German zoologist Johann Christ ...
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Thapsia Buraensis
''Thapsia buraensis'' is a species of air-breathing land snail or semi-slug, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Urocyclidae. MolluscaBase eds. (2022). MolluscaBase. Thapsia buraensis Verdcourt, 1982. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1293217 on 2022-09-24 Distribution This species is endemic to Kenya. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical dry forests; it is threatened by habitat loss Habitat destruction (also termed habitat loss and habitat reduction) is the process by which a natural habitat becomes incapable of supporting its native species. The organisms that previously inhabited the site are displaced or dead, thereby .... References * Verdcourt, B. (1982). Notes on East African land and freshwater snails, 12-15. Zoologische Mededelingen, 56 (18): 217-236. Leiden. Thapsia Endemic molluscs of Kenya Taxonomy articles created by Polbot {{Helicarion ...
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Urocyclidae
Urocyclidae is a family of air-breathing land snails, semi-slugs and land slugs, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Helicarionoidea, (according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005). Some species within this family make and use love darts before mating. Distribution The Urocyclidae are distributed in the Afrotropical realm, including Madagascar, the Comores and the islands of the Gulf of Guinea. Taxonomy The family Urocyclidae consists of 3 subfamilies (according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005), that follows classification of Urocyclinae by Van Goethem (1977):Van Goethem J. (1977). "Révision systématique des Urocyclinae (Mollusca, Pulmonata, Urocyclidae)". ''Musée Royal de l'Afrique Centrale , Annales, Sciences zoologiques'' 218: 355 pp., 4 plates. * subfamily Rhysotininae Schileyko, 2002 * subfamily Sheldoniinae Connolly, 1925 (1912) - synonyms: Peltatinae Godwin-Austen, 1912; Trochonani ...
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