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Thapsia Minor
''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 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Johann Christian Albers
Johann Christian Albers (13 March 1795, Bremen – September 1857, Stuttgart) was a German physician and malacologist. During his career, he served as ''Medicinalrath'' and ''Regierungsrath'' in Berlin. As a zoologist, he was the taxonomic authority of the land snail family Orthalicidae and of numerous land snail genera, including: '' Napaeus'', ''Diaphera'', ''Amphidromus'', '' Scutalus'', ''Drymaeus'' and ''Opeas''. In the field of medicine, Albers published an edition from Karl August Wilhelm Berends' "''Vorlesungen über die praktische Arzneiwissenschaft''" ("Lectures on practical medical science") with the title "''Handbuch der Nervenkrankheiten''" (1840). Principal works * ''Die Heliceen nach natürlicher Verwandtschaft systematisch geordnet'', 1850 – The helicids by natural affinity, arranged systematically. * ''Malacographia Maderensis sive enumeratio molluscorum...'', 1854 – Malacography of Madeira ) , anthem = ( en, "Anthem of the Autonomous Regi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |