Stenomelania denisoniensis, (BROT, 1877)

Strong, Ellen E., 2011, More than a gut feeling: utility of midgut anatomy in phylogeny of the Cerithioidea (Mollusca: Caenogastropoda), Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 162 (3), pp. 585-630 : 612

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.1111/j.1096-3642.2010.00687.x

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/039687CF-FFDB-AB7F-FCE0-92D3FDDDD8A6

treatment provided by

Valdenar

scientific name

Stenomelania denisoniensis
status

 

STENOMELANIA DENISONIENSIS (BROT, 1877) View in CoL

Material examined

Australia: QLD: Cairns Shire , Deep Creek, 16°47.2′S, 145°40.5′E ( USNM 1083388 About USNM ) GoogleMaps .

Description

Marginal fold S-shaped ( Fig. 17B View Figure 17 ), terminating at posterior tip of sorting area; oesophageal aperture at tip of marginal fold recurved segment; sorting area rectangular, with broadly rounded posterior margin; left margin of sorting area with slight bulge; accessory marginal fold extending from oesophageal aperture around posterior margin of sorting area, with posterior median depression, intersecting short, slightly curving fold posteriorly at left; small, rounded sorting area pad present at left posterior end of sorting area; anterior flap and crescentic pads lacking; glandular pad elongate, flaring posteriorly with broadly rounded posterior end; broad, paired digestive gland ducts opening at left of glandular pad to deep pocket; crescentic ridge long, emerging from oesophageal aperture, curving around posterior end of glandular pad, fusing to side of pad just behind gastric shield, slightly within shallow caecum; caecum extending almost to midline of pad; paired, textured caecal folds present at right of glandular pad, behind caecum; very large, textured accessory pad present at anterior end of glandular pad; U-shaped fold present below style sac aperture at left; typhlosoles fused along entire length.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Mollusca

Class

Gastropoda

Family

Thiaridae

Genus

Stenomelania

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