Plekocheilus distortus

Plekocheilus distortus
Apertural view of the shell of Plekocheilus distortus.
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Heterobranchia

clade Euthyneura
clade Panpulmonata
clade Eupulmonata
clade Stylommatophora
informal group Sigmurethra

Superfamily: Orthalicoidea
Family: Amphibulimidae
Genus: Plekocheilus
Subgenus: Eudolichotis
Species: P. distortus
Binomial name
Plekocheilus distortus
(Bruguière, 1789)
Synonyms

Eudolichotis distorta

Plekocheilus distortus is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Amphibulimidae.[1]

Distribution

This species occurs in:

References

  1. Borrero F. J. & Breure A. S. H. (2011). "The Amphibulimidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Orthalicoidea) from Colombia and adjacent areas". Zootaxa 3054: 1-59. preview.
  2. Arias C, Sergio, 1952. Algunos moluscos de la región Baruta - EL Hatilllo. Memoria de la Sociedad de Ciencias Naturales La Salle XII(31):47-65

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