| Labyrinthus plicatus | |
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| Two shells of Labyrinthus plicatus | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Heterobranchia |
| Order: | Stylommatophora |
| Family: | Labyrinthidae |
| Genus: | Labyrinthus |
| Species: | L. plicatus |
| Binomial name | |
| Labyrinthus plicatus | |
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Labyrinthus plicatus is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Labyrinthidae.
This species occurs in:
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