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Konde snail (Elaphroconcha javacensis)

Konde snail (Elaphroconcha javacensis) is an animal species in the Dyakiidae, a medium-sized mollusca, a circular and sloping threaded shell, creeping over moist soil or wood in forests, agricultural land, around watercourses in the tropics and eating mushrooms.

E. javacensis has a threaded shell with a sloping, circular shape, a large base and getting smaller and smaller with a sharp midpoint. The shell has a fawn or cream color and is transparent. Two dark brown stripes on the margins and a line following the grooves of the tiers.

Dlium Konde snail (Elaphroconcha javacensis)


Upper body yellowish white, square shaped, uneven surface, black linear lines on each edge. The side and lower body are yellowish white with small, irregular black spots.

The top antenna appears at the very front end, is black, large, in the shape of a stick and hammer tip and will spontaneously retract when touched. The front antenna is at the front end in the middle, glass, stick-shaped and short.







Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Heterobranchia
Infraclass: Euthyneura
Subterclass: Tectipleura
Superorder: Eupulmonata
Order: Stylommatophora
Suborder: Helicina
Infraorder: Limacoidei
Superfamily: Trochomorphoidea
Family: Dyakiidae
Genus: Elaphroconcha
Species: Elaphroconcha javacensis

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