Chloritis biomphala

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Species of gastropod

title: "Chloritis biomphala" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["camaenidae", "gastropods-described-in-1862"] description: "Species of gastropod" topic_path: "general/camaenidae" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chloritis_biomphala" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

::summary Species of gastropod ::

| image = | genus = Chloritis | species = biomphala | authority = (L. Pfeiffer, 1862) | synonyms =

  • Helix biomphala L. Pfeiffer, 1862

Chloritis biomphala is a species of land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Camaenidae.

Distribution

The type locality is Seram Island ("in insula Ceram"), Indonesia. Other locality include Sulawesi, Indonesia.

Shell description

The shell has moderate size for the genus, brown, without hairs, completely flat, umbilicated, the ends of the peristome connected with a thin callus. The width of the shell is 17–20 mm.

The species is probably described after more than one specimen (a number is not given in the original description, but in the dimensions 10–11 mm is given for the shell height). The species has been never recorded again.

::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/2a/Chloritis_biomphala_shell.jpg" caption="Apical, apertural and umbilical view of the shell of the [[syntype]] of ''Chloritis biomphala''. The width of the shell is 20 mm."] ::

References

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References

  1. Pfeiffer L. (1862). "Descriptions of thirty-six new land shells, from the collection of H. Cuming, Esq". ''[[Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London]]'' '''1862''': 268-278.
  2. 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''' [http://www.zoologischemededelingen.nl/83/nr03/a11 HTM] {{Webarchive. link. (2014-01-16 .)

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