Diaphera prima is a species of air-breathing land snail

Land snail

A land snail is any of the many species of snail that live on land, as opposed to those that live in salt water and fresh water. Land snails are terrestrial gastropod mollusks that have shells, It is not always an easy matter to say which species are terrestrial, because some are more or less...

, a terrestrial

Terrestrial animal

Terrestrial animals are animals that live predominantly or entirely on land , as compared with aquatic animals, which live predominantly or entirely in the water , or amphibians, which rely on a combination of aquatic and terrestrial habitats...

 pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Diapheridae

Diapheridae

Streptaxidae is a family of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Streptaxoidea.Sutcharit et al. established the new family Diapheridae within the superfamily Streptaxoidea in 2010.- Genera:...

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The specific name prima

Prima

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is from the Latin language and it means "the first", because it is the first species of Diaphera confirmed from Thailand at the specific level.

Distribution

The type loocality of Diaphera prima is Khao Cha Ang-Oan, Bor Thong, Chonburi Province

Chonburi Province

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, Thailand.

Distribution of Diaphera prima include Eastern Thailand: Chonburi Province and Rayong Province

Rayong Province

Rayong province is a province of Thailand. Neighboring provinces are Chon Buri and Chanthaburi. To the south is the Gulf of Thailand.-History:...

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Desription

The shell

Gastropod shell

The gastropod shell is a shell which is part of the body of a gastropod or snail, one kind of mollusc. The gastropod shell is an external skeleton or exoskeleton, which serves not only for muscle attachment, but also for protection from predators and from mechanical damage...

 of Diaphera prima is oblong. The shell has 7-8 whorls

Whorl (mollusc)

A whorl is a single, complete 360° revolution or turn in the spiral growth of a mollusc shell. A spiral configuration of the shell is found in of numerous gastropods, but it is also found in shelled cephalopods including Nautilus, Spirula and the large extinct subclass of cephalopods known as the...

. The sculpture of the shell is smooth with short ribbs bellow the suture. The apex

Apex (mollusc)

Apex is an anatomical term for the tip of the mollusc shell of a gastropod, scaphopod, or cephalopod mollusc.-Gastropods:The word "apex" is most often used to mean the tip of the spire of the shell of a gastropod...

 of the shell is obtuse and smooth. The aperture

Aperture (mollusc)

The aperture is an opening in certain kinds of mollusc shells: it is the main opening of the shell, where part of the body of the animal emerges for locomotion, feeding, etc....

 is rounded with parietal lamella, basal lamella, columellar lamella and with two palatal lamellae.

The width of the shell of the holotype

Holotype

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is 2 mm. The height of the shell of the holotype is 6.2 mm.

The body of the animal is a pale greenish yellow in color.