Harmozica ravergiensis

Harmozica ravergiensis is a species of an air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Hygromiidae, the hairy snails and their allies.

Harmozica ravergiensis
Apertual view of a shell of Harmozica ravergiensis. Width of the shell is 12 mm.
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Heterobranchia clade Euthyneura clade Panpulmonata clade Eupulmonata clade Stylommatophora informal group Sigmurethra
Superfamily:	Helicoidea
Family:	Hygromiidae
Subfamily:	Monachainae[1]
Genus:	Harmozica
Subgenus:	Harmozica
Species:	H. ravergiensis
Binomial name
Harmozica ravergiensis (Férussac, 1835)[2]
Synonyms[3]
Helix ravergiensis Férussac, 1835

This is the type species of the genus Harmozica.[4]

The specific name ravergiensis is in honour of Mr. M. Ravergie.[2]

Distribution

The distribution of this species is Caucasian[5] and countries include:

• probably non-native in Ukraine.[5]
  • southeastern Ukraine in Dnipropetrovsk Oblast and Donetsk Oblast since 2006[5]
  • western Ukraine[5]
• Armenia[1]
• Azerbaijan[1]
• Georgia[1]
• Russia[1]

The type locality is "Caucasus".[3]

Description

The shape of the shell of Harmozica ravergiensis is globose.

Apical view of a shell.

Umbilical view of a shell.

References

1. "Caucasian Land Snails" Archived 2014-03-03 at the Wayback Machine. accessed May 2, 2014.
2. Férussac A. E. J. P. J. F. d'Audebard de (1835). "Novæ species aut minus cognitæ e Chondri, Bulimi, Peristomæ Helicisque generibus præcipue Rossiæ meridionalis; auctore J. Krynicki, Prof." In-8. de 45 p. av. 5 pl. color. (Extrait du Bullet. de la Société impér. des natural. de Moscou, tome VI.). Bulletin Zoologique 1835: 19-21. page 21.
3. "Species taxon summary ravergiensis Férussac, 1835 described in Helix". AnimalBase, accessed May 2, 2014.
4. "Genus taxon summary for Harmozica". AnimalBase, accessed May 2, 2014.
5. Balashov I. A., Kramarenko S. S., Zhukov A. V., Shklyaruk A. N., Baidashnikov A. A. & Vasyliuk A. V. (2013). "Contribution to the knowledge of terrestrial molluscs in southeastern Ukraine". Malacologica Bohemoslovaca 12: 62-69. PDF.