Marmorana platychela

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Marmorana platychela
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A live individual of Marmorana platychela sicana
Scientific classification
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clade Heterobranchia
clade Euthyneura
clade Panpulmonata
clade Eupulmonata
clade Stylommatophora
informal group Sigmurethra
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M. platychela
Binomial name
Marmorana platychela
(Menke, 1830)

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

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Distribution

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

Description

Shells of Marmorana platychela sicana from Monte Pellegrino. Marmorana sicana 0047.jpg
Shells of Marmorana platychela sicana from Monte Pellegrino.
Shells of Marmorana platychela sicana from Monte Pellegrino. Marmorana sicana 0048.jpg
Shells of Marmorana platychela sicana from Monte Pellegrino.

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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.