Aulopoma grande is a species of small land snail with an operculum, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusc in the family Cyclophoridae.
Diqtribution It is endemic to Sri Lanka.
Description It is about 21-27mm in length.
Height of the shell is 13 mm; diameter 25 × 21.5 mm; aperture width 11 mm.
(Description German by Kobelt) The shell is umbilicate, depressed, thick-walled, compact, and distinctly striated, with a few broad spiral grooves and faint marbling. The periostracum is blackish-brown, often worn away in streaks. There are five convex whorls; the body whorl is rounded at the periphery, smoother on the underside, briefly detached at the front, and scarcely descending. The aperture is oblique and fairly circular; the lip is simple and straight. The operculum has six whorls with strongly oblique folds.
References
External links Land snail diversity in Sri Lanka. An illustrated guide prepared for the launch of the Darwin Initiative programme Naggs, F. & Raheem, D. (2000). Photography by Harold Taylor. The Natural History Museum, London. pages i-xiii, 1-203. 246 coloured plates. (print), (compact disc)