Retinella actinophora (Dall, 1900)

CLASSE: GASTROPODA: TERRESTRE

FAMÍLIA: GASTRONDONTIDAE

ESPÉCIE: Retinella actinophora (Dall, 1900)

Tamanho médio: 4 mm

Ocorrência: Equador, Arquipélago de Galápagos (Ilhas: Isabela, San Cristóbal, Santiago)

Localidade tipo: “Top of mountain near Tagus Cove, Albemarle Is.” (Dall, 1900) (Ilha Isabela)

Nome original: Vitrea actinophora Dall, 1900

Comentários: Segundo Molluscabase (2026): “the placement of this species into the genus Retinella needs a confirmation. Vagvolgyi (1975) identified to this species as Glyphyalinia Martens 1892″

Fotos: (1) National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution: HOLOTYPE de Retinella actinophora (Dall, 1900), USNM 108513, “Galapagos Ids., Albemarle Id., Tagus Cove, top of mountain”, coll. Snodgrass

Fontes:

Descrição original: (como Vitrea actinophora Dall, 1900) Dall, W. H. (1900). Additions to the insular land-shell faunas of the Pacific coast, especially of the Galápagos and Cocos Islands. Proceedings of the Academy of the Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. 52: 88-106, plate 8., disponível online em https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/24693968
página(s): 93, pl. VIII, figs. 11, 16, 17

Miquel, S. E.; Herrera, H. W. (2014). Catalogue of terrestrial gastropods from Galápagos (except Bulimulidae and Succineidae) with description of a new species of Ambrosiella Odhner (Achatinellidae) (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Archiv für Molluskenkunde. 143(2): 107-133., disponível online em https://doi.org/10.1127/arch.moll/1869-0963/143/107-133
página(s): 118, figs 26–27, map 6

Orrell T, Informatics and Data Science Center – Digital Stewardship (2026). NMNH Extant Specimen Records (USNM, US). Version 1.110. National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution. Occurrence dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/hnhrg3 accessed via GBIF.org on 2026-07-04. https://gbif.org/occurrence/1322676024

MolluscaBase: https://molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1307847