Hemiplecta humphreysiana

Hemiplecta humphreysiana
Shell of Hemiplecta humphreysiana from Borneo at the Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Milano
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Order:	Stylommatophora
Family:	Ariophantidae
Genus:	Hemiplecta
Species:	H. humphreysiana
Binomial name
Hemiplecta humphreysiana I. Lea, 1841

Hemiplecta humphreysiana is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusc in the family Ariophantidae.

Description

Hemiplecta humphreysiana has a shell reaching a diameter of 33–50 mm. The surface of this shell is yellowish-fulvous or brown and minutely wrinkled.

Distribution

This species is widespread in Malay Peninsula, Borneo and Sumatra.

References

• Bornean Terrestrial Molluscs
• Conchology
• Encyclopedia of life
• Discover Life
• WMSD
• Biolib