Marmorana platychela

Marmorana platychela
A live individual of Marmorana platychela
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Heterobranchia

clade Euthyneura
clade Panpulmonata
clade Eupulmonata
clade Stylommatophora
informal group Sigmurethra

Superfamily: Helicoidea
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 mollusk in the family Helicidae.

Distribution

This species lives in north-western Sicilia (Italy).[1] It is confined to limestone rock faces.

Description

Shells of Marmorana platychela.
Globular forms from Monte Pellegrino.

References

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