Parmacella deshayesi

Parmacella deshayesi
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Order:	Stylommatophora
Family:	Parmacellidae
Genus:	Parmacella
Species:	P. deshayesi
Binomial name
	Parmacella deshayesi; Moquin-Tandon, 1848

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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^[2]
Morocco^[2]
It could also occur in the Iberian Peninsula.^[2]

Description

The animal is evenly brown, in the young animals sometimes with blackish streaks or spots.^[2] The mantle length is 55% of body.^[2] The size of preserved specimen is up to 60 mm.^[2]

The shell is thin-walled, delicate.^[2] The apex is completely smooth, yellow.^[2]

References

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

^ (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.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ "Species summary for Parmacella deshayesi". AnimalBase, last modified 7 June 2008, accessed 1 September 2010.

Links

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[1] (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.

[AB-2] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ "Species summary for Parmacella deshayesi". AnimalBase, last modified 7 June 2008, accessed 1 September 2010.

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