Mirus proletarius
| Mirus proletarius | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Order: | Stylommatophora |
| Family: | Enidae |
| Genus: | Mirus |
| Species: | M. proletarius |
| Binomial name | |
| Mirus proletarius (L. Pfeiffer, 1855) | |
| Synonyms | |
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Bulimus proletarius L. Pfeiffer, 1855 | |
Mirus proletarius is a species of air-breathing land snails, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod in the subfamily Eninae of the family Enidae.[1]
Description
The shell is 15 mm (0.59 in) in length, 6 mm (0.24 in) in diameter, is elongated, with flattened lips.
(Original description in Latin) The shell is compressedly umbilicate, oblong-turrite, somewhat solid, very finely granulated under a lens, slightly glossy, and horn-brown in color. The spire is elongated and somewhat blunt.
There are 7 convex whorls, with the body whorl barely exceeding one-third of the total shell length, slightly ascending anteriorly, and somewhat compressed at the base.
The aperture is slightly oblique and oblong. The peristome has a white border, with the margins close together. The right margin is expanded and strongly arched at the top, while the columellar margin is widened and open.
This species was first described in 1855 by German conchologist Ludwig Karl Georg Pfeiffer.[2]
Distribution
M. proletarius is endemic to Sri Lanka.[3]
References
- ^ MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Mirus Albers, 1850. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1450225 on 2 December 2024
- ^ Pfeiffer, L. (1855]). Descriptions of fifty-seven new species of Helicea, from Mr. Cuming's collection. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 22(277): 286–288; 22(278): 289–298 [8 May 1855]., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30747711
- ^ Naggs, F. & Raheem, D. (2000). Land snail diversity in Sri Lanka. An illustrated guide prepared for the launch of the Darwin Initiative programme. Photography by Harold Taylor. The Natural History Museum, London. pages i-xiii, 1-203. 246 coloured plates. ISBN 0565091514 (printed version), ISBN 0565091565 (compact disc)., available online at https://www.nhm.ac.uk/our-science/data/tropical-land-snails/taxa.dsml