Pila speciosa
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| Pila speciosa shell | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Architaenioglossa |
| Family: | Ampullariidae |
| Genus: | Pila |
| Species: | P. speciosa
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| Binomial name | |
| Pila speciosa (Philippi, 1849)
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Pila speciosa is a species of freshwater snail in the family Ampullariidae, the apple snails. [2]
Distribution
[edit]It has been recorded in southeastern Ethiopia, northeastern Kenya and Somalia.It is considered a rare species. [1]
Description
[edit]The shell can grow quite large, up to 105 x 100 mm.
The globose shell has an ovoid shape. It is dextral (right-coiling). It contains 4 convex whorls. The deep suture is distinctly channeled. The body whorl is inflated and slightly attenuated at the base. The apex is pointed. The surface is smooth, showing growth lines). It can be very finely spirally striated when viewed under a lens. The color is chestnut-brown. The interior can be medium brown. The aperture is oval to egg-shaped. It is large, occupying about 3/4 of the shell's length, and is slightly broader below and rounded at the base. The umbilicus is rather wide.
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References
[edit]- ^ a b c Lange, C.N.; Van Damme, D. (2010). "Pila speciosa". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2010: e.T17279A6918822. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-3.RLTS.T17279A6918822.en. Retrieved 17 November 2021.
- ^ Pila speciosa (R. A. Philippi, 1849). 28 May 2025. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species.
- Bacci, G. (1951). Elementi per una malacofauna dell'Abissinia e della Somalia. Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale Giacomo Doria, 65: 1-145. Genova.
External links
[edit]- Philippi, R.A. (1849). "Centuria tertia testaceorum novorum". Zeitschrift für Malakozoologie. 5 (10).
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