Strange many-whorled land snail | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Heterobranchia |
Order: | Stylommatophora |
Family: | Polygyridae |
Genus: | Millerelix |
Species: | M. peregrina |
Binomial name | |
Millerelix peregrina (Rehder, 1932) | |
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