Guppya gundlachi

Family

Helicarionidae

Species

Guppya gundlachi (Pfeiffer, 1839)

Common name

Glossy granule

Description

The shellShell:
A hard, inflexible, calcareous or chitinous structure that vary in size and may either completely encasing the animal, covering some part of it or be internal.
of this snail is approximately 1.75 mm in heightHeight:
The height of the shell is a measure of the distance between the apex and the most basal part of the shell OR the measurement taken from the apex of the shell to the base, when measured parallel to the axis of the shell.
and 3 mm in diameter. It has 4 2/3 whorlsWhorls:
Pleural of whorl. A whorl is a complete spiral turn/growth of the shell of a mollusc. The whorls are counted from the apex outwards.
and is generally glossy in appearance. The growth lines on the shellShell:
A hard, inflexible, calcareous or chitinous structure that vary in size and may either completely encasing the animal, covering some part of it or be internal.
are inconspicuous; however, after the smooth apicalApical:
Top side of the shell; opposite of base.
half whorlWhorl:
A complete spiral turn/growth of the shell of a mollusc. The whorls are counted from the apex outwards.
, there are minute, moderately spaced spiralSpiral:
Directional term: direction of the coils of the whorls of a shell; opposite of axial.
lines. The pale brown shellShell:
A hard, inflexible, calcareous or chitinous structure that vary in size and may either completely encasing the animal, covering some part of it or be internal.
of the glossy granule snail is minutely perforated. The depressedDepressed:
Shrunken below a certain level.
shell has a low dome-like appearance from above. The apertureAperture:
The major opening of a shell that the body of the animal may be retracted.
of the shellShell:
A hard, inflexible, calcareous or chitinous structure that vary in size and may either completely encasing the animal, covering some part of it or be internal.
is lunate (half moon-shaped).

Native range

Central America

Distribution

North America:

• U. S.: Florida, Texas

South and Central America

Caribbean: Trinidad, Puerto Rico, Cuba, Jamaica

Asia: Thailand

Ecology

This species is commonly intercepted in shipments of ornamental crops from Thailand to the U.S.

Synonyms

• Helix pusilla Pfeiffer, 1839, Archiv. F. Naturg., 1: 351. Not of Lowe, 1833.
• Helix gundlachi Pfeiffer, 1840, Archiv. F. Naturg., 1: 250; substitute for H. pusilla; 1848, Mon. Hel. Viv., 1: 50.
• Helix simulans C.B. Adams, 1849, Contrib. to Conch., No. 3, p.35 (Jamaica).
• Helix egena Gould inBinney, 1851, Terr. Moll., 2: 245, pl. 22a, fig. 3. Not of Say.
• Guppya gundlachi Pfeiffer, Von Martens, 1892, Biol. Centr.-Amer., Moll., p. 122.; H.B. Baker, 1922, Occas. Pap. Mus. Zool. Univ. Mich., 106: 45, pl. 17, figs. 1,3, jaw and teeth.
• Zonites gundlachi Pfeiffer, W. G. Binney, 1978, Terr. Moll., 5: 127, pl. 22a, fig. 3; pl.2, fig. D, teeth.
• Guppya orosciana

References

Baker 1928; Pilsbry 1946; Rosenberg and Muratov 2006