| Pyramidula kuznetsovi | |
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| Two paratypes and holotype of P. kuznetsovi in collection of Zoological Museum of Moscow University | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Order: | Stylommatophora |
| Family: | Pyramidulidae |
| Genus: | Pyramidula |
| Species: | P. kuznetsovi |
| Binomial name | |
| Pyramidula kuznetsovi Schileyko & Balashov, 2012 | |
Pyramidula kuznetsovi is a species of small air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusc in the family Pyramidulidae.
Shell description
The diameter of the shell is up to 2.6 mm, the height is up to 2.3 mm at 5.5 whorls. The presence of a distinct peripheral angle distinguishes this species from all other known species in this genus.
Distribution
This species is known only from four closely grouped locations in the valley of the Kali Gandaki River between Dhaulagiri and Annapurna mountains, Mustang District of Nepal.
References
- ^ Schileyko A.A. & Balashov I.A. 2012. Pyramidula kuznetsovi sp. nov. – a new species of land mollusсs from Nepal (Pulmonata, Pyramidulidae). Ruthenica. 22 (1): 41-45.
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| Pyramidula kuznetsovi | |
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