Holospira elizabethae
| Holospira elizabethae | |
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| Drawing of a live individual of Holospira elizabethae from the 1889 original description by Henry Augustus Pilsbry. | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
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clade Heterobranchia
clade Euthyneura |
| Superfamily: | Urocoptoidea |
| Family: | Urocoptidae |
| Subfamily: | Holospirinae |
| Genus: | Holospira |
| Species: | H. elizabethae |
| Binomial name | |
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Holospira elizabethae Pilsbry, 1889 |
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clade Euthyneura
clade Panpulmonata
clade Eupulmonata
clade Stylommatophora
informal group Sigmurethra
Holospira elizabethae is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Urocoptidae.
Paratypes of this species are in the collection of the Natuurhistorisch Museum Rotterdam.
Holospira elizabethae was originally discovered and described by Henry Augustus Pilsbry in 1889. The type locality is Amula village, which is between the towns of Tixtla and Chilapa de Álvarez, in the State of Guerrero, Mexico.
Comparison of apertural view of adult and juvenile shells of Holospira elizabethae:
adult shell
juvenile shell
Comparison of basal (umbilical) views of adult and juvenile shells of Holospira elizabethae:
adult shell
juvenile shell
This species occurs in Mexico.
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