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Sitala palmaria is a species of air-breathing land snail, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Helicarionidae.
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| Drawing of an apertural view of the shell of Sitala palmaria | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Order: | Stylommatophora |
| Family: | Helicarionidae |
| Genus: | Sitala |
| Species: | S. palmaria
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| Binomial name | |
| Sitala palmaria (Benson, 1864)
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| Synonyms | |
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Helix palmaria Benson, 1864 | |
Distribution
editThis species occurs in India, and was described from Nandi Hills, India by malacologist William Henry Benson in 1864.[1]
References
edit- ^ Benson, William H. (1864). "Characters of Coilostele, an undescribed genus of Auriculacea (?), and of species of Helix, Pupa, and Ancylus, from India, West Africa, and Ceylon". The Annals and Magazine of Natural History; Zoology, Botany, and Geology. 13 (3). London Taylor and Francis, Ltd: 136–140. Archived from the original on February 5, 2024 – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.