Pleurodiscus balmei is a Mediterranean European species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Pleurodiscidae.
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| Five views of a shell of Pleurodiscus balmei | |
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| (unranked): | clade Heterobranchia
clade Euthyneura |
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| Species: | P. balmei
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| Pleurodiscus balmei | |
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Helix Balmei Potiez & Michaud, 1838 | |
Distribution
editThis species is known to occur in a number of countries and islands including:[2]
- Italy
- Sicily
- Malta
- Turkey
- Greece
- Syria
- Israel
- Tunisia
- Algeria
It was introduced to southeastern Australia.[2]
This snail also occurs as a "hothouse alien" in:
- Great Britain
- and other areas
References
edit- ^ Potiez V.-L.-V. & Michaud, A.-L.-G. (1838). Galerie des mollusques, ou catalogue méthodique, descriptif et raisonné des mollusques et coquilles du Muséum de Donai [sic, = Douai]. Tome premier. pp. I-XXXVI [= 1-36], 1-569, [1-4], altas 1-56, Pl. I-XXXVII [= 1-37]. Paris, Londres. (Baillière).
- ^ a b "Species summary for Pleurodiscus balmei". AnimalBase. Accessed 15 February 2010.
External links
edit- Shell image at : [1]
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