Harmozica ravergiensis explained

Harmozica ravergiensis is a species of an air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Hygromiidae, the hairy snails and their allies.

This is the type species of the genus Harmozica.^[1]

The specific name ravergiensis is in honour of Mr. M. Ravergie.

Distribution

The distribution of this species is Caucasian and countries include:

• probably non-native in Ukraine.
  • southeastern Ukraine in Dnipropetrovsk Oblast and Donetsk Oblast since 2006^[2]
  • western Ukraine^[2]
• Armenia^[3]
• Azerbaijan^[3]
• Georgia^[3]
• Russia^[3]

The type locality is "Caucasus".

Description

The shape of the shell of Harmozica ravergiensis is globose.

Notes and References

1. http://www.animalbase.uni-goettingen.de/zooweb/servlet/AnimalBase/home/genustaxon?id=2668 "Genus taxon summary for Harmozica"
2. Balashov I. A., Kramarenko S. S., Zhukov A. V., Shklyaruk A. N., Baidashnikov A. A. & Vasyliuk A. V. (2013). "Contribution to the knowledge of terrestrial molluscs in southeastern Ukraine". Malacologica Bohemoslovaca 12: 62-69. PDF.
3. http://www.caucasus-snails.uni-hamburg.de/CaucasianLandSnails-Dateien/Checklist.html "Caucasian Land Snails"