Publication Date:
2024-01-12
Description:
Gulella adami spec. nov. is described from a classical West African locality, Assini in the Ivory Coast (C\xc3\xb4te d\'Ivoire). It is most unusual in showing two superficial parietal processes, which may also be interpreted as a double angular lamella, in the aperture of the shell. The shell closely resembles that of various Enidae in SE Europe and adjoining areas around the Mediterranean, thereby providing a striking example of convergent evolution.
Keywords:
Gastropoda
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Pulmonata
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Streptaxidae
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Gulella
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new species
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Enidae
;
convergent evolution
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Ivory Coast
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West Africa
Repository Name:
National Museum of Natural History, Netherlands
Type:
info:eu-repo/semantics/article
Format:
application/pdf
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