Philonesia pitcairnensis

Philonesia pitcairnensis
Conservation status
Vulnerable  (IUCN 2.3)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Heterobranchia clade Euthyneura clade Panpulmonata clade Eupulmonata clade Stylommatophora clade Sigmurethra clade limacoid clade
Superfamily:	Helicarionoidea
Family:	Helicarionidae
Genus:	Philonesia
Species:	P. pitcairnensis
Binomial name
Philonesia pitcairnensis Baker

Philonesia pitcairnensis is a species of air-breathing land snail or semislug, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Helicarionidae. This species is endemic to Pitcairn. It was discovered by biologist Will Jenkinson in 1640. In his paper, he described it as "the only creature I've ever discovered more bulbous and repulsive than a Glaswegian whore."

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