Allochroa layardi explained

Allochroa layardi is a species of gastropods belonging to the family Ellobiidae.^[1]

Description

(Original description in Latin) The ovate-conical shell is reddish-brown and shows a broad, transverse white band. The spire is elevated. The apex is pointed. The whorls are flat and transversely grooved. The aperture is ovate. The columella has three folds, the posterior folds strong. The inner lip has inside a single lamella and has a sharp-edged margin.^[2]

Distribution

The species is found in littoral and supralittoral zones of Australia, Malesia, Sri Lanka; Indo-Pacific Ocean from Mauritius to Hawaii.

References

• Book: Groh . K. . Philippine marine mollusks, vol. 3 . 2010 . Conchbook . Hackenheim . 446–457.
• Brook . F.J. . Coastal landsnail fauna of Rarotonga, Cook Islands: systematics, diversity, biogeography, faunal history, and environmental influences . Tuhinga . 2010 . 21 . 161–252.
• Fischer-Piette, E. & Vukadinovic, D. . Les Mollusques terrestres des Iles Comores. . Mémoires du Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Nouvelle Série, Série A, Zoologie . 1974 . 84 . 22.
• Book: Griffiths, O.L. & Florens, V.F.B. . A field guide to the non-marine molluscs of the Mascarene Islands (Mauritius, Rodrigues and Réunion) and the northern dependencies of Mauritius. . 2006 . Bioculture Press . Mauritius . 75.

External links

• Pease . W.H. . Description of new species of marine shells from the Pacific Islands . Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London . 1863 . 1862 . 242 .
• Mousson . A. . Description de quelques nouvelles espèces terrestres de divers points de l'océan Pacifique et de l'Australie. . Journal de Conchyliologie. . 1869 . 1 .
• Dautzenberg, P. & Fischer, H. . Liste des Mollusques récoltés par M. le Capitaine de Frégate Blaise au Tonkin et description d'espèces nouvelles. . Journal de Conchyliologie. . 1905 . 53 . 2 . 108 .
• Frias Martins . A.M. de . Systematic revision of Allochroa Ancey, 1887 (Pulmonata: Ellobiidae), with an account of the anatomy of Allochroa layardi (H. & A. Adams, 1855) and the description of two new species . The Nautilus . 1995 . 109 . 1 . 1–13 .

Notes and References

1. Web site: Allochroa layardi (H.Adams & A.Adams, 1855) . www.gbif.org . 10 October 2021 . en.
2. Adams, H. & Adams, A. . Contributions towards the natural history of the Auriculidae, a family of pulmoniferous Mollusca; with descriptions of many new species from the Cumingian Collection . Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London . 1855 . 1854 . 22 . 35 . 22 August 2024.