Photo of the day (53): Callonia
04-06-2009 20:15
Adrián González is doing his best to turn me from a
specialist in Orthalicidae into an ardent lover of
Cuban land shells...:-) Look at these pictures of
urocoptids.
Both are from Cuba, Prov. Pinar del Río, Sierra de Guane. The picture above is Callonia ellioti (Poey, 1857), characterized by the upward pointed axial ribs. The one below is C. lowei (de la Torre, 1927). According to Jaume & de la Torre (1976) this species is characterized within the genus by the last whorl not being solute and not having pointed axial ribs. Well, a double negation but still a stunningly beautiful animal.
Does it suffice to say that I like to have the best of both worlds? Just an ardent lover of Neotropical snails...
Reference:
Jaume, M.L. & de la Torre, A., 1976. Los Urocoptidae de Cuba (Mollusca-Pulmonata). Ciencias Biologicas (Habana) 53: 1-122.
Both are from Cuba, Prov. Pinar del Río, Sierra de Guane. The picture above is Callonia ellioti (Poey, 1857), characterized by the upward pointed axial ribs. The one below is C. lowei (de la Torre, 1927). According to Jaume & de la Torre (1976) this species is characterized within the genus by the last whorl not being solute and not having pointed axial ribs. Well, a double negation but still a stunningly beautiful animal.
Does it suffice to say that I like to have the best of both worlds? Just an ardent lover of Neotropical snails...
Reference:
Jaume, M.L. & de la Torre, A., 1976. Los Urocoptidae de Cuba (Mollusca-Pulmonata). Ciencias Biologicas (Habana) 53: 1-122.