Inchoatia inchoata

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Inchoatia inchoata
Abapertural, lateral and apertural views of shells of Inchoatia inchoata
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Stylommatophora
Family: Clausiliidae
Genus: Inchoatia
Species:
I. inchoata
Binomial name
Inchoatia inchoata
Synonyms[2]
  • Clausilia (Agathylla) inchoata Boettger, 1889
  • Sericata inchoata (Boettger, 1889)

Inchoatia inchoata is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusc in the family Clausiliidae, the door snails.

The shell is horny brown in color, weakly striated and shiny.[2] The shell has 9-12 whorls with white suture, often papillated.[2] The cervix is rounded.[2] The aperture is U-shaped, inside yellowish brown.[2] The apertural margin is white and not connected at parietal side.[2] Parietalis is strong.[2] Columellaris is with nodules and not very prominent.[2] Lunula is lateral and ]-shaped.[2] there is no basalis.[2] Subcolumellaris is visible in the aperture.[2]

The width of the shell is 2.3-2.8 mm.[2] The height of the shell is 10–12 mm.[2]

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