Marmorana platychela
Species of gastropod
| Marmorana platychela | |
|---|---|
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| A live individual of Marmorana platychela sicana | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Order: | Stylommatophora |
| Family: | Helicidae |
| Genus: | Marmorana |
| Species: | M. platychela |
| Binomial name | |
| Marmorana platychela (Menke, 1830) | |
Marmorana platychela is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusc in the family Helicidae.
Distribution
This species lives in north-western Sicily (Italy).[1] It is confined to limestone rock faces.
Description
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References
- ^ Fiorentino V, Manganelli G, Giusti F (2008). "Multiple scale patterns of shell and anatomy variability in land snails: the case of the Sicilian Marmorana (Gastropoda: Pulmonata, Helicidae)". Biological Journal of the Linnean Society. 93 (2): 359–370. doi:10.1111/j.1095-8312.2007.00940.x.
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