Urocyclus kirki Gray, 1864

Muratov, Igor V., 2010, Terrestrial molluscs of Cabo Delgado and adjacent inland areas of north-eastern Mozambique, African Invertebrates 51 (2), pp. 255-255 : 283

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scientific name	Urocyclus kirki Gray, 1864
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Fig. 65 View Figs 62–65 Urocyclus kirki: Gray 1864: 251 (Near the mouth of the River Zambezi, Mozambique).

A common eastern African species, with a general distribution from southern Tanzania to Zululand in South Africa. Found at a single station inland. Differs from all other species of the family by the large, muscular diverticulum of the atrium with a single large calcareous dart inside.

References

GRAY, J. 1864. On Urocyclus, a new genus of terrestrial gasteropodous Mollusca from Africa. Proceedings of the Scientific Meetings of the Zoological Society of London 32 (2): 250 - 251.

Figures

Figs 62–65. Helicarionidae: (62) “Sitala” jenynsi, shell 7.9×11.0 mm, subadult, stn 8. Urocyclidae: (63) Bukobia uhehensis, length 35 mm, stn 1; (64) Elisolimax flavescens, length 40 mm, stn 8; (65) Urocyclus kirki, length 75 mm, stn 10.