Tropidophora fimbriata
| Tropidophora fimbriata | |
|---|---|
|   | |
| A live but retracted individual of Tropidophora fimbriata haemostoma, showing the operculum in the aperture | |
| Scientific classification   | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia | 
| Phylum: | Mollusca | 
| Class: | Gastropoda | 
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda | 
| Order: | Littorinimorpha | 
| Family: | Pomatiidae | 
| Genus: | Tropidophora | 
| Species: | T. fimbriata | 
| Binomial name | |
| Tropidophora fimbriata (Lamarck, 1822) | |
| Synonyms | |
| Cyclostoma fimbriata Lamarck, 1822 | |
Tropidophora fimbriata is a species of land snail with a gill and an operculum, a terrestrial gastropod mollusk in the family Pomatiidae.

This species is found in the Mascarenes. Subspecies include T. f. rodriguesensis and T. f. haemostoma.
Original description
[edit]Tropidophora fimbriata was originally described as Cyclostoma fimbriata by Jean-Baptiste Lamarck in 1822.[1]
Lamarck's original text (the type description) in Latin language reads as follows:
C. testa ventricoso-conoidea, subperforata, transversim striata, albido-lutescente;
anfractuum margine superiore plicis fimbriato; spira brevi, acuta; apertura lutea. —
Lat. bas. 5½ lin.
References
[edit]This article incorporates public domain text from reference.[1]
Further reading
[edit]- (in German) Pfeiffer L. K. G. 1846. Die gedeckelten Lungenschnecken : (Helicinaceae et Cyclostomaceae): in Abbildungen nach der Natur mit Beschreibungen. II. volume. Bauer und Raspe, Nürnberg. page 179.
External links
[edit]- (in French) Image and description
