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