Helicophanta magnifica

Helicophanta magnifica
A dorsal view of a shell of Helicophanta magnifica from Madagascar
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Heterobranchia

clade Euthyneura
clade Panpulmonata
clade Eupulmonata
clade Stylommatophora
informal group Sigmurethra

Superfamily: Acavoidea
Family: Acavidae
Genus: Helicophanta
Species: H. magnifica
Binomial name
Helicophanta magnifica
(Férussac, 1821)

Helicophanta magnifica, common name the magnificent helicophanta, is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropods mollusk in the family Acavidae. The shell of this species can reach a length of 75-85 mm.The species occurs in Madagascar.

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