Pleurodiscus balmei

Pleurodiscus balmei is a Mediterranean European species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Pleurodiscidae.

Pleurodiscus balmei
Five views of a shell of Pleurodiscus balmei
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Heterobranchia clade Euthyneura
clade Panpulmonata
clade Eupulmonata
clade Stylommatophora
informal group Orthurethra
Superfamily:
Pupilloidea
Family:
Pleurodiscidae
Genus:
Pleurodiscus
Species:
P. balmei
Binomial name
Pleurodiscus balmei
(Potiez & Michaud, 1838)[1]
Synonyms

Helix Balmei Potiez & Michaud, 1838

Distribution

This species is known to occur in a number of countries and islands including:[2]

  • Italy
  • Sicily
  • Malta
  • Turkey
  • Greece
  • Syria
  • Israel
  • Tunisia
  • Algeria

It was introduced to southeastern Australia.[2]

This snail also occurs as a "hothouse alien" in:

References
  1. Potiez V.-L.-V. & Michaud, A.-L.-G. (1838). Galerie des mollusques, ou catalogue méthodique, descriptif et raisonné des mollusques et coquilles du Muséum de Donai [sic, = Douai]. Tome premier. pp. I-XXXVI [= 1-36], 1-569, [1-4], altas 1-56, Pl. I-XXXVII [= 1-37]. Paris, Londres. (Baillière).
  2. "Species summary for Pleurodiscus balmei". AnimalBase. Accessed 15 February 2010.
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