Gittenbergeria turriplana is a species of air-breathing land snail, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Trissexodontidae.[1] [2]
This species is endemic to the Algarve, southern Portugal.[3] It is a frequent species in the Algarve and locally very common.[3]
The shell is brown with a characteristic microsculpture, depressed with a strong keel.[3] The first whorls are almost flat.[3] The aperture is narrow.[3] Margin reflected and turned outward.[3] There are two teeth on the lower edge corresponding to 2 conspicuous depressions on the outer shell.[3] The umbilicus is open and eccentric.[3]
The width of the shell is 12–14 mm.[3] The height of the shell is 5–6 mm.[3]
Animal is almost black with a lighter foot, upper tentacles very long.[3]
It lives in low altitudes on calcareous substrate, close to the coast.[3] It is frequent at old walls and in old gardens and parks in cities, also in shrublands and cultivated areas.[3]
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