| Planispira deaniana | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Heterobranchia |
| Order: | Stylommatophora |
| Family: | Camaenidae |
| Genus: | Planispira |
| Species: | P. deaniana |
| Binomial name | |
| Planispira deaniana (Ford, 1890) | |
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The shell of this species is oblate, with red outer lip and light brown periostracum. Some individuals have 1~2 black or brown annular bands.
Western and Gulf Province, Papua New Guinea. [1]
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