Porphyrobaphe iostoma is a species of land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Orthalicidae.[1]
Porphyrobaphe iostoma | |
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Shell of Porphyrobaphe iostoma from Ecuador, on display at the Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Milano | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Order: | Stylommatophora |
Family: | Orthalicidae |
Genus: | Porphyrobaphe |
Species: | P. iostoma
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Binomial name | |
Porphyrobaphe iostoma Sowerby, 1824
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Description
editShells of Porphyrobaphe iostoma can reach a length of 62–72 millimetres (2.4–2.8 in).[2]
Distribution
editThis species is found in Ecuador.[2]
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