Chloritis planorbina explained

Chloritis planorbina is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Camaenidae.

Distribution

The type locality is Roembia, South-eastern Sulawesi, Indonesia. The species has been described after two specimens and it has not been recorded again.

Shell description

The shell is moderately in size for the genus, without hairs and brownish corneous. The spire is somewhat impressed. The shell is umbilicated. The ends of the peristome are connected by a thin callus. The width of the shell is 19.5–24 mm.

References

This article incorporates CC-BY-3.0 text from the reference.^[1]

Further reading

• Zilch A. (1966). "Die Typen und Typoide des Natur-Museums Senckenberg, 35: Mollusca, Camaenidae (5)". Archiv für Molluskenkunde 95: 293-319, pls 1-5. Page 295, pl. 7 fig. 9.

Notes and References

1. Maassen W. J. M. (2009). "Remarks on the genus Chloritis in Sulawesi, Indonesia, with the descriptions of two new species (Gastropoda: Pulmonata: Camaenidae)". Zoologische Mededelingen 83 HTM .