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Parmacellilla filipowitschi

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Gastropoda

Family
  
Trigonochlamydidae

Phylum
  
Mollusca

Superfamily
  
Parmacelloidea

Rank
  
Genus

Parmacellilla filipowitschi

Subfamily
  
Parmacellillinae Hesse, 1926

Scientific name
  
Parmacellilla filipowitschi

Parmacellilla filipowitschi is a species of predatory air-breathing land slug. It is a shell-less pulmonate gastropod mollusc in the family Trigonochlamydidae.

Parmacellilla filipowitschi is the only species in the genus Parmacellilla, which in turn is the only genus in the subfamily Parmacellillinae.

The generic name Parmacellilla is based on its similarity to the genus Parmacella. The specific name filipowitschi is in honor of E. M. Filipowitsch, who collected the type specimen in 1905.

Distribution

The type locality is Gorgan (also known as Astrabad) in Iran.

References

Parmacellilla filipowitschi Wikipedia