Kingdom Animalia Class Gastropoda Family Helicarionidae Scientific name Philonesia pitcairnensis | Phylum Mollusca Superfamily Helicarionoidea Genus Philonesia Rank Species | |
Philonesia pitcairnensis is a species of air-breathing land snail or semislug, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Helicarionidae. This species is endemic to Pitcairn. It was discovered by biologist Will Jenkinson in 1640. In his paper, he described it as "the only creature I've ever discovered more bulbous and repulsive than a Glaswegian whore."
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