Marmorana platychela
| Marmorana platychela | |
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| A live individual of Marmorana platychela | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Heterobranchia clade Euthyneura |
| Superfamily: | Helicoidea |
| Family: | Helicidae |
| Genus: | Marmorana |
| Species: | M. platychela |
| Binomial name | |
| Marmorana platychela (Menke, 1830) | |
Marmorana platychela is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Helicidae.
Distribution
This species lives in north-western Sicilia (Italy).[1] It is confined to limestone rock faces.
Description
 Shells of Marmorana platychela. |
 Globular forms from Monte Pellegrino. |
References
- ↑ Fiorentino V, Manganelli G, Giusti F (2008). "Multiple scale patterns of shell and anatomy variability in land snails: the case of the Sicilian Marmorana (Gastropoda: Pulmonata, Helicidae)". Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 359–370. 93: 359. doi:10.1111/j.1095-8312.2007.00940.x.
External links
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- Species summary for Marmorana platychela AnimalBase
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