Cryptomastix mullani | |
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Three views of a shell of Cryptomastix mullani clappi | |
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(unranked): | clade Heterobranchia clade Euthyneura clade Panpulmonata clade Eupulmonata clade Stylommatophora informal group Sigmurethra |
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Species: | C. mullani |
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Cryptomastix mullani (Bland and J. G. Cooper, 1861) | |
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