Parmacella festae

Parmacella festae
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Order:	Stylommatophora
Family:	Parmacellidae
Genus:	Parmacella
Species:	P. festae
Binomial name
Parmacella festae Gambetta, 1925[1]

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:

• Northern Egypt[2]
• Northern Libya[2]

Description

The animal is an evenly light ochreous cream in color.[2] The mantle is up to 30 mm long.[2] The whole animal is up to 55 mm long.[2]

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).[2]

References

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

1. 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["1924"]: 1-30.
2. "Species summary for Parmacella festae". AnimalBase, last modified 7 June 2008, accessed 1 September 2010.