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Parmacella festae

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Parmacella festae
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Stylommatophora
Family: Parmacellidae
Genus: Parmacella
Species:
P. festae
Binomial name
Parmacella festae

Parmacella festae is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Parmacellidae.

Distribution

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The distribution of this species includes:

Description

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The animal is an evenly light ochreous cream in color.[2] The mantle is up to 30 mm long.[2] The whole animal is up to 55 mm long.[2]

The shell has a thick and golden-yellow apex which is covered with minute pits regularly arranged in spiral rows (only visible under magnification when the shell is dried).[2]

References

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This article incorporates public domain text from the reference.[2]

  1. ^ Gambetta L. (1925). "Missione zoologica del Dr. E. Festa in Cirenaica". Bollettino dei Musei di Zoologia ed Anatomia Comparata della R. Università di Torino (Nuova Serie 22) 39["1924"]: 1-30.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g "Species summary for Parmacella festae". AnimalBase, last modified 7 June 2008, accessed 1 September 2010.