Parmacella deshayesi

Parmacella deshayesi
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Order:	Stylommatophora
Family:	Parmacellidae
Genus:	Parmacella
Species:	P. deshayesi
Binomial name
Parmacella deshayesi Moquin-Tandon, 1848[1]

Parmacella deshayesi is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Parmacellidae.

Distribution

Distribution of this species include:

• Algeria[2]
• Morocco[2]
• It could also occur in the Iberian Peninsula.[2]

Description

The 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

This article incorporates public domain text from the reference.[2]

1. (in French) Moquin-Tandon A. (1848). "Quelques mots sur l'anatomie des mollusques terrestres et fluviatiles". Actes de la Société Linnéenne de Bordeaux [fr] (2)5: 259-264, Plate 1.
2. "Species summary for Parmacella deshayesi". AnimalBase, last modified 7 June 2008, accessed 1 September 2010.

Links

• Biodiversity Heritage Library - Bourguignat 1864, 1-20 - FREE IMAGES