| Dryocochlias metaformis | |
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| Shells of Dryocochlias metaformis on display at the Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Milano | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Order: | Stylommatophora |
| Family: | Camaenidae |
| Genus: | Dryocochlias |
| Species: | D. metaformis |
| Binomial name | |
| Dryocochlias metaformis (Ferussac, 1821) | |
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Dryocochlias metaformis is a species of medium-sized, air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusc in the family Camaenidae.
This species can be found in the Philippines. Shells can reach a length of about 55 millimetres (2.2 in).
References
- Biolib
- MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Dryocochlias metaformis (Férussac, 1821). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1456933 on 2021-02-03
- WMSDB
External links
- Férussac, A.E.J.P.F. d'Audebard de. (1821-1822). Tableaux systématiques des animaux mollusques classés en familles naturelles, dans lesquels on a établi la concordance de tous les systèmes; suivis d'un Prodrome général pour tous les mollusques ou fluviatiles, vivantes ou fossiles. Paris, 1821 et 1822.
- Sowerby, G. B., I. (1841). Descriptions of new species of the family Helicidae, collected by Mr. H. Cuming in the Philippine Islands. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 8: 87-91, 96-104, 116-118
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| Helicostyla metaformis | |
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