Mirus panos

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Mirus panos
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Shell of Mirus panos (syntype at the Natural History Museum, London)
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Stylommatophora
Family: Enidae
Genus: Mirus
Species:
M. panos
Binomial name
Mirus panos
(W. H. Benson, 1853)
Synonyms

Bulimus panosW. H. Benson, 1853

Mirus panos is a species of air-breathing land snails, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod in the subfamily Eninae of the family Enidae. [1] E. panos are endemic to Sri Lanka. [2]

The shell ranges in size from 3–11 mm (0.12–0.43 in) in length, is elongated, with flattened lips.

They were first described in 1853 by British malacologist William Henry Benson. [3]

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References

  1. MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Mirus Albers, 1850. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=996262 on 2021-08-01
  2. Naggs, F. & Raheem, D. (2000). Land snail diversity in Sri Lanka. An illustrated guide prepared for the launch of the Darwin Initiative programme. Photography by Harold Taylor. The Natural History Museum, London. pages i-xiii, 1-203. 246 coloured plates. ISBN 0565091514 (printed version), ISBN 0565091565 (compact disc)., available online at https://www.nhm.ac.uk/our-science/data/tropical-land-snails/taxa.dsml
  3. Benson, W. H. (1853). Characters of new land shells, collected by Edgar L. Layard, Esq., in Ceylon Annals and Magazine of Natural History. 12(68): 90-97., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/22191524