Terrestrial molluscs of Cabo Delgado and adjacent inland areas of north-eastern Mozambique
Author
Muratov, Igor V.
text
African Invertebrates
2010
2010-12-31
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http://www.bioone.org/doi/abs/10.5733/afin.051.0203
journal article
10.5733/afin.051.0203
2305-2562
10268367
Opeas hannense
(
Rang, 1831
)
Fig. 28
Helix
(
Cochlicelle
)
hannensis
:
Rang 1831:41
, pl.3, fig.8 (
Cape Verde
peninsula,WestAfrica;4–5 ×
1.5–2 mm
).
One of the most common and widespread (mostly through introduction) tropical species; found at one station inland. This is apparently the first record of this species from eastern Africa. The illustrated shell is almost the same in size and proportions as
Opeas araeum
Connolly, 1923: 652
, pl. 19, fig. 35 (
type
: 5.3×
1.8 mm
from
Kenya
), which is possibly a synonym of
hannense
. Can be easily separated from the two other small subulinids in the area by the narrow but decisively open umbilicus.