''Chloritis minahassae'' is a

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of air-breathing land snail, a

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pulmonate gastropod

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in the family

Camaenidae Camaenidae is a family of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Helicoidea, the typical snails and their allies. This is one of the most diverse families in the clade Stylommatophora. Thes ...

Distribution

The

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is the peak of the Sudara volcano, Northern Sulawesi; in German language: "Nord Celebes, Gipfel des Vulkans Sudara; Vulkan Lokon; Bone Gebirge". New records by Maassen (2009) are from northern Sulawesi:

Tangkoko Nature Reserve Tangkoko Batuangus Nature Reserve also known as Tangkoko-Batuangus Dua Saudara is a nature reserve in the northern part of Sulawesi island of Indonesia, two hours drive from Manado. The reserve covers an area of 8,700 hectares and includes thre ...

, moss forest at Sudara Vulcano; east Shore

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, 12.5 km east of

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, 00°43.44’N 124°26.40’E.

Shell description

The

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is small for the genus, brown, with hairs, with impressed

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, umbilicated, the ends of the peristome connected with a thin callus. The width of the shell is 11–13 mm.

References

This article incorporates CC-BY-3.0 text from the reference.Maassen W. J. M. (2009). "Remarks on the genus ''Chloritis'' in Sulawesi, Indonesia, with the descriptions of two new species (Gastropoda: Pulmonata: Camaenidae)". ''

Zoologische Mededelingen ''Zoologische Mededelingen'' was a peer-reviewed open access scientific journal publishing papers and monographs on animal systematics. The publisher was the National Museum of Natural History Naturalis in the Netherlands. The first issue appeared ...

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