Videna metcalfii

Videna metcalfii
Shell of Videna metcalfii
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Stylommatophora
Family: Trochomorphidae
Genus: Videna
Species:
V. metcalfii
Binomial name
Videna metcalfii
(L. Pfeiffer, 1845)
Synonyms
  • Helix metcalfii L. Pfeiffer, 1845 superseded combination
  • Trochomorpha (Videna) metcalfei (L. Pfeiffer, 1845) (misspelling of original name)
  • Trochomorpha metcalfei (L. Pfeiffer, 1845) (incorrect subsequent spelling and...)
  • Trochomorpha metcalfii (L. Pfeiffer, 1845) · unaccepted
  • Videna (Videna) metcalfei (L. Pfeiffer, 1845) ·

Videna metcalfii is a species of terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Trochomorphidae.[2]

Description

The height of the shell attains 7 mm, its diameter 23 ¼ mm; the height of the aperture 7 ½ mm, its diameter 10 ¼ mm.[3]

Distribution

This species is endemic to Palau.[4]

References

  1. ^ Rundell, R.J. (2012). "Videna electra". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2012 e.T22959A2782947. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2012.RLTS.T22959A2782947.en. Retrieved 14 November 2021.
  2. ^ Videna metcalfii (L. Pfeiffer, 1845). 11 November 2025. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species.
  3. ^ Pfeiffer, L. (1845). "Description of twenty-two new species of land-shells, belonging to the collection of Mr. H. Cuming". Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 13 (147): 270. Retrieved 11 November 2025. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  4. ^ Rundell, Rebecca (2005). "The land snails of Belau: survey of the 16 states" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 October 2020. Retrieved 7 October 2020.
  • Rundell, R. J. Cryptic diversity, molecular phylogeny and biogeography of the rock- and leaf litter-dwelling land snails of Belau (Republic of Palau, Oceania). Philos. Trans. R. Soc. B Biol. Sci. 363, 3401–3412 (2008).