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Oospira Duci
''Oospira duci'' is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial molluscs, terrestrial gastropod Mollusc, mollusk in the family Clausiliidae, the door snails. This land snail, which was described in 2007, lives in limestone areas in Vietnam. The species was described from just one shell, and thus no details of the anatomy of the soft parts or the radula could be provided. The shell is decollate (which means that several of the earlier whorls have been shed and the shell sealed off anew) making the Spire (mollusc), spire blunt-ended. The specific name ''duci'' is in honor of the biologist Le Thien Duc. Distribution This species occurs in: * List of non-marine molluscs of Vietnam, Vietnam The type locality is Pu Luong Nature Reserve, on a limestone hill near the small native village Am, 20°27.39'N 105°13.65'E, Thanh Hóa Province, Vietnam. Description The gastropod shell, shell is dextral, decollate, rather large, more or less fusiform, solid, dark brown, not tran ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gastropod Shell
The gastropod shell is part of the body of a Gastropoda, gastropod or snail, a kind of mollusc. The shell is an exoskeleton, which protects from predators, mechanical damage, and dehydration, but also serves for muscle attachment and calcium storage. Some gastropods appear shell-less (slugs) but may have a remnant within the mantle, or in some cases the shell is reduced such that the body cannot be retracted within it (semi-slug). Some snails also possess an operculum that seals the opening of the shell, known as the Aperture (mollusc), aperture, which provides further protection. The study of mollusc shells is known as conchology. The biological study of gastropods, and other molluscs in general, is malacology. Shell morphology terms vary by species group. Shell layers The gastropod shell has three major layers secreted by the Mantle (mollusc), mantle. The calcareous central layer, tracum, is typically made of calcium carbonate precipitated into an organic matrix known as c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
