Paryphanta watti | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
(unranked): | clade Heterobranchia
clade Euthyneura |
Superfamily: | Rhytidoidea |
Family: | Rhytididae |
Genus: | Paryphanta |
Species: | P. watti |
Binomial name | |
Paryphanta watti Powell, 1946 |
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Synonyms | |
Paryphanta busbyi watti |
Paryphanta watti is a species of large predatory land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Rhytididae.
Contents |
The width of the shell is up to 49.6-61.2 mm.[2]
Snails are hatched from eggs with calcareous shell about 5–7.3 months after laying.[2] Newborn snails live 2.8 months underground.[2]
The documented lifespan of Paryphanta watti is 4.1 years.[2]
It is protected by Wildlife Act 1953.[3]