Parmacella deshayesi is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Parmacellidae.
| Parmacella deshayesi | |
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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. deshayesi
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| Binomial name | |
| Parmacella deshayesi Moquin-Tandon, 1848[1]
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Distribution
editDistribution of this species include:
Description
editThe 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
editThis 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 (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.