Pleurodiscus balmei

Pleurodiscus balmei
Shells of Pleurodiscus balmei
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Heterobranchia

clade Euthyneura
clade Panpulmonata
clade Eupulmonata
clade Stylommatophora
informal group Orthurethra
Superfamily: Pupilloidea
Family: Pleurodiscidae
Genus: Pleurodiscus
Species: P. balmei
Binomial name
Pleurodiscus balmei
(Potiez & Michaud, 1838)[1]
Synonyms

Helix Balmei Potiez & Michaud, 1838

Pleurodiscus balmei is a Mediterranean European species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Pleurodiscidae.

Distribution

This species is known to occur in a number of countries and islands including:[2]

It was introduced to southeastern Australia.[2]

This snail also occurs as a "hothouse alien" in:

References

  1. ^ Potiez V.-L.-V. & Michaud, A.-L.-G. (1838). Galerie des mollusques, ou catalogue méthodique, descriptif et raisonné des mollusques et coquilles du Muséum de Donai [sic, = Douai]. Tome premier. pp. I-XXXVI [= 1-36], 1-569, [1-4], altas 1-56, Pl. I-XXXVII [= 1-37]. Paris, Londres. (Baillière).
  2. ^ a b "Species summary for Pleurodiscus balmei". AnimalBase. Accessed 15 February 2010.

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