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Diphyoropa Saturni
''Diphyoropa saturni'', also known as the Sydney copper pinwheel snail, is a species of Charopidae, pinwheel snail that is endemism, endemic to eastern Australia. Description The shell of mature snails is 1.6–1.8 mm in height, with a diameter of 3.2–3.5 mm, discoidal with a flat to slightly sunken spire, with rounded whorls, impressed suture (anatomy), sutures and widely spaced radial ribs. It is uniformly coppery-brown in colouration. The Umbilicus (mollusc), umbilicus is widely open. The aperture (mollusc), aperture is ovately lunate. The animal has a white body. Distribution The snail has a natural range extending from south-eastern Queensland to south-eastern New South Wales. It has been introduced species, introduced to Victoria (Australia), Victoria and Lord Howe Island. References * Diphyoropa, saturni Gastropods of Australia Gastropods of Lord Howe Island Taxa named by James Charles Cox Gastropods described in 1864 {{Charopidae-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Animalia
Animals are multicellular, eukaryotic organisms in the biological kingdom Animalia. With few exceptions, animals consume organic material, breathe oxygen, are able to move, can reproduce sexually, and go through an ontogenetic stage in which their body consists of a hollow sphere of cells, the blastula, during embryonic development. Over 1.5 million living animal species have been described—of which around 1 million are insects—but it has been estimated there are over 7 million animal species in total. Animals range in length from to . They have complex interactions with each other and their environments, forming intricate food webs. The scientific study of animals is known as zoology. Most living animal species are in Bilateria, a clade whose members have a bilaterally symmetric body plan. The Bilateria include the protostomes, containing animals such as nematodes, arthropods, flatworms, annelids and molluscs, and the deuterostomes, containing the echinode ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
