Pyramidula kuznetsovi

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Pyramidula kuznetsovi
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Two paratypes and holotype of P. kuznetsovi in collection of Zoological Museum of Moscow University
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Heterobranchia
Order: Stylommatophora
Family: Pyramidulidae
Genus: Pyramidula
Species:
P. kuznetsovi
Binomial name
Pyramidula kuznetsovi
Schileyko & Balashov, 2012 [1]

Pyramidula kuznetsovi is a species of small air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusc in the family Pyramidulidae.

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Shell description

The diameter of the shell is up to 2.6 mm, the height is up to 2.3 mm at 5.5 whorls. [1] The presence of a distinct peripheral angle distinguishes this species from all other known species in this genus. [1]

Distribution

This species is known only from four closely grouped locations in the valley of the Kali Gandaki River between Dhaulagiri and Annapurna mountains, Mustang District of Nepal. [1]

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