Kora rupestris

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Kora rupestris
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Heterobranchia
Order: Stylommatophora
Family: Bulimulidae
Genus: Kora
Species:
K. rupestris
Binomial name
Kora rupestris
Salvador & Simone, 2016 [1]

Kora rupestris is a species of tropical air-breathing land snails, a pulmonate gastropod mollusc in the family Bulimulidae.

Distribution

Kora rupestris occurs in Carinhanha, Serra do Ramalho and Coribe municipalities, in Bahia, Brazil. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 Salvador R. B. & Simone L. R. L. (2016). "A new species of Kora from Bahia, Brazil (Gastropoda: Pulmonata: Orthalicoidea), with an emended diagnosis of the genus". Stuttgarter Beiträge zur Naturkunde A9: 1–7. doi:10.18476/sbna.v9.a1.