Elaphroconcha

Elaphroconcha is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Dyakiidae.

Elaphroconcha
Naturalis Biodiversity Center - ZMA.MOLL.393629 - Elaphroconcha patens (Von Martens, 1898) - Dyakiidae - Mollusc shell
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Order:	Stylommatophora
Family:	Dyakiidae
Genus:	Elaphroconcha Gude, 1911[1]

The generic name Elaphroconcha consist of Ancient Greek word ἐλαφρός (elaphrós) that means "light" and of Ancient Greek word κόγχη (konche) that means "shell" (conch).^[1]

Species

The genus Elaphroconcha includes 10 species:^[2]

• Elaphroconcha internota (E. Smith, 1898) - the type species
• Elaphroconcha javacensis Férrusac, 1821 - photo
• Elaphroconcha patens E. von Martens, 1898

Description

Gerard Pierre Laurent Kalshoven Gude described the genus like this:^[1]

Shell depressed, thin, fragile, translucent corneous, amber-coloured, dull above, polished below, finely striated, last whorl dilated towards aperture, more than twice the size of the penultimate whorl, impervious.