Marmorana platychela

Marmorana platychela
A live individual of Marmorana platychela sicana
Scientific classification Edit this classification
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

Shells of Marmorana platychela sicana from Monte Pellegrino.
Shells of Marmorana platychela sicana from Monte Pellegrino.

References

  1. ^ 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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