Marmorana platychela

Marmorana platychela is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Helicidae.

Marmorana platychela
A live individual of Marmorana platychela sicana
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Heterobranchia

clade Euthyneura
clade Panpulmonata
clade Eupulmonata
clade Stylommatophora

informal group Sigmurethra
Superfamily:
Helicoidea
Family:
Helicidae
Genus:
Marmorana
Species:
M. platychela
Binomial name
Marmorana platychela
(Menke, 1830)

Distribution

This species lives in north-western Sicily (Italy).[1] It is confined to limestone rock faces.

Description
Shells of Marmorana platychela sicana from Monte Pellegrino.
Shells of Marmorana platychela sicana from Monte Pellegrino.

References
  1. Fiorentino V, Manganelli G, Giusti F (2008). "Multiple scale patterns of shell and anatomy variability in land snails: the case of the Sicilian Marmorana (Gastropoda: Pulmonata, Helicidae)". Biological Journal of the Linnean Society. 93: 359–370. doi:10.1111/j.1095-8312.2007.00940.x. Archived from the original on 2013-01-05.
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