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Taguahelix elaiodes
Taguahelix elaiodes is a species of terrestrial snail in the family Punctidae.
From the article Taguahelix elaiodes on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA), quoted section by section
Description
The length of the shell attains 3 mm, its diameter 2 mm. (Original description) The turbinate shell is olive-green and shining. The shell contains 4½, rounded whorls. The protoconch consists of 1½ concentrically striate whorls. The remaining whorls are irregularly, radiately, finely striate and substriate with about 10 striations per millim., the substriations are variable in number and extent, both directed backwards. the whole shell is concentrically wave-striated. The suture is deep. The periphery is rounded. The umbilicus is narrow and pervious. The outer lip is simple, the margins slightly converging. The columella is vertical, reflexed above and slightly covers the umbilicus. The base of the shell is rounded
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 397739.