| Parmacella festae | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Order: | Stylommatophora |
| Family: | Parmacellidae |
| Genus: | Parmacella |
| Species: | P. festae |
| Binomial name | |
| Parmacella festae Gambetta, 1925 | |
Parmacella festae is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Parmacellidae.
Distribution
The distribution of this species includes:
Description
The animal is an evenly light ochreous cream in color. The mantle is up to 30 mm long. The whole animal is up to 55 mm long.
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).
References
This article incorporates public domain text from the reference.
- 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: 1-30.
- ^ "Species summary for Parmacella festae". AnimalBase, last modified 7 June 2008, accessed 1 September 2010.
| Taxon identifiers | |
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| Parmacella festae | |