Parmacella deshayesi
Parmacella deshayesi is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Parmacellidae.
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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. deshayesi |
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| Parmacella deshayesi Moquin-Tandon, 1848[1] | |
Distribution
Distribution of this species include:
- Algeria[2]
- Morocco[2]
- It could also occur in the Iberian Peninsula.[2]
Description
The animal is evenly brown, in the young animals sometimes with blackish streaks or spots.[2] The mantle length is 55% of body.[2] The size of preserved specimen is up to 60 mm.[2]
The shell is thin-walled, delicate.[2] The apex is completely smooth, yellow.[2]
References
This article incorporates public domain text from the reference.[2]
- (in French) Moquin-Tandon A. (1848). "Quelques mots sur l'anatomie des mollusques terrestres et fluviatiles". Actes de la Société Linnéenne de Bordeaux (2)5: 259-264, Plate 1.
- "Species summary for Parmacella deshayesi". AnimalBase, last modified 7 June 2008, accessed 1 September 2010.
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