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Pleurodiscus balmei

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Superfamily
  
Pupilloidea

Genus
  
Pleurodiscus

Phylum
  
Mollusca

Class
  
Gastropoda

Family
  
Pleurodiscidae

Scientific name
  
Pleurodiscus balmei

Rank
  
Species

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Similar
  
Papillifera papillaris, Papillifera, Vitrea, Truncatellina, Cecilioides

Pleurodiscus balmei is a Mediterranean European species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Pleurodiscidae.

Distribution

This species is known to occur in a number of countries and islands including:

  • Italy
  • Sicily
  • Malta
  • Turkey
  • Greece
  • Syria
  • Israel
  • Tunisia
  • Algeria
  • It was introduced to southeastern Australia.

    This snail also occurs as a "hothouse alien" in:

  • Great Britain
  • and other areas
  • References

    Pleurodiscus balmei Wikipedia