Philine undetermined

Malaquias, Manuel António E., Ohnheiser, Lena T., Oskars, Trond R. & Willassen, Endre, 2017, Diversity and systematics of philinid snails (Gastropoda: Cephalaspidea) in West Africa with remarks on the biogeography of the region, Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society (Zool. J. Linn. Soc.) 180 (1), pp. 1-35 : 24

PHILINE SP.

( FIG. 11A – L)

Diagnosis: Shell internal, whitish translucent, smooth. Body whitish translucent (in preserved specimens). Rachidian tooth absent, one rounded inner lateral tooth with developed, sharp denticulation along inner edge. Gizzard not surrounded by muscle fibres, contains two paired and one unpaired spindle-shaped gizzard plates with deep wide holes. Long, thin, convoluted, prostate emerging from sack-like penial sheath which is tapering towards genital aperture, with blind caecum, separate ejaculatory duct, hammer-shaped penial papilla.