# Elaphroconcha

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{{Short description|Genus of gastropods}}
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| image =Naturalis Biodiversity Center - ZMA.MOLL.393629 - Elaphroconcha patens (Von Martens, 1898) - Dyakiidae - Mollusc shell.jpeg
| image_caption =Naturalis Biodiversity Center - ZMA.MOLL.393629 - Elaphroconcha patens (Von Martens, 1898) - Dyakiidae - Mollusc shell
| taxon = Elaphroconcha
| authority = [Gude](/source/Gerard_Pierre_Laurent_Kalshoven_Gude), 1911<ref name="Gude 1911">15px [Gude G. P. L. K.](/source/Gerard_Pierre_Laurent_Kalshoven_Gude) (March 1911) "Note on some preoccupied molluscan generic names and proposed new genera of the family Zonitidae". ''Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London'' [https://archive.org/details/proceedingsofmal1941910211mala '''9''']: 269-. [https://archive.org/stream/proceedingsofmal1941910211mala#page/273/mode/1up page 273].</ref>
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'''''Elaphroconcha''''' is a [genus](/source/genus) of air-breathing [land snail](/source/land_snail)s, [terrestrial](/source/Terrestrial_animal) [pulmonate](/source/pulmonate) [gastropod](/source/gastropod) [mollusk](/source/mollusk)s in the family [Dyakiidae](/source/Dyakiidae).

The [generic name](/source/name_of_a_biological_genus) ''Elaphroconcha'' consist of [Ancient Greek](/source/Ancient_Greek) word ἐλαφρός (elaphrós) that means "light" and of Ancient Greek word κόγχη (konche) that means "shell" (conch).<ref name="Gude 1911"/>

==Species ==
The genus ''Elaphroconcha'' includes 10 species:<ref name="Tumpeesuwan">Tumpeesuwan C., Naggs F. & Panha S. (31 August 2007) "A new genus and new species of dyakiid snail (Pulmonata: Dyakiidae) from the [Phu Phan range](/source/Phu_Phan_Mountains), northeastern Thailand". ''[Raffles Bulletin of Zoology](/source/Raffles_Bulletin_of_Zoology)'' [http://rmbr.nus.edu.sg/rbz/journal552.php '''55'''(2)] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090722022417/http://rmbr.nus.edu.sg/rbz/journal552.php |date=July 22, 2009 }}: 363-369. [http://rmbr.nus.edu.sg/rbz/biblio/55/55rbz363-369.pdf PDF]</ref>

* ''[Elaphroconcha internota](/source/Elaphroconcha_internota)'' (E. Smith, 1898) - the type species
* ''[Elaphroconcha javacensis](/source/Elaphroconcha_javacensis)'' Férrusac, 1821 - [http://www.conchology.be/?t=27&family=DYAKIIDAE&species=Elaphroconcha%20javacensis photo]
* ''[Elaphroconcha patens](/source/Elaphroconcha_patens)'' E. von Martens, 1898

== Description ==
[Gerard Pierre Laurent Kalshoven Gude](/source/Gerard_Pierre_Laurent_Kalshoven_Gude) described the genus like this:<ref name="Gude 1911"/>

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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.}}

==References==
This article incorporates [public domain](/source/public_domain) text from the reference.<ref name="Gude 1911"/>
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== External links ==
* http://www.ne.jp/asahi/dexter/sinister/gallery/genera/Elaphroconcha.html

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Category:Dyakiidae
Category:Taxa named by Gerard Kalshoven Gude

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