Sitala palmaria
Sitala palmaria is a species of air-breathing land snail, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Helicarionidae.
Sitala palmaria | |
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Drawing of an apertural view of the shell of Sitala palmaria | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Heterobranchia |
Order: | Stylommatophora |
Family: | Helicarionidae |
Genus: | Sitala |
Species: | S. palmaria |
Binomial name | |
Sitala palmaria (Benson, 1864) | |
Synonyms | |
Helix palmaria Benson, 1864 |
Distribution
This species occurs in India, and was described from Nandi Hills, India by malacologist William Henry Benson in 1864.
References
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