Parmacella festae
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Parmacella festae | |
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(unranked): | clade Heterobranchia
clade Euthyneura clade Panpulmonata clade Eupulmonata clade Stylommatophora informal group Sigmurethra clade limacoid clade |
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Species: | P. festae
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Parmacella festae |
Parmacella festae is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Parmacellidae.
Distribution
The distribution of this species includes:
Description
The animal is an evenly light ochreous cream in color.[2] The mantle is up to 30 mm long.[2] The whole animal is up to 55 mm long.[2]
The shell has a thick and golden-yellow apex which is covered with minute pits regularly arranged in spiral rows (only visible under magnification when the shell is dried).[2]
References
This article incorporates public domain text from the reference.[2]
- ^ Gambetta L. (1925). "Missione zoologica del Dr. E. Festa in Cirenaica". Bollettino dei Musei di Zoologia ed Anatomia Comparata della R. Università di Torino (Nuova Serie 22) 39["1924"]: 1-30.
- ^ a b c d e f g "Species summary for Parmacella festae". AnimalBase, last modified 7 June 2008, accessed 1 September 2010.
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- Parmacellidae
- Gastropods described in 1925