SUBULINIDAE Fischer & Crosse
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SUBULINIDAE Fischer & Crosse |
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Taxon classification Animalia Stylommatophora Subulinidae
Family SUBULINIDAE Fischer & Crosse View in CoL
Short description.
Snails. Shell small to very large, dextral (rarely sinistral), narrowly conical to cylindrical and more or less tapering towards the apex. Sculpture absent, or inconspicuous, radial riblets with usually subordinate spiral striation; rarely spiral keels present. Aperture without teeth or lamellae, peristome thin, not reflected. Umbilicus closed or open, narrow (Family description adapted from on Abbott 1989; Herbert and Kilburn 2004).
Habitat and distribution.
Scavengers of soil and litter. Globally distributed in the tropics and subtropics.
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