Pleurodiscus balmei | |
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Five views of a shell of Pleurodiscus balmei | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
(unranked): |
clade Heterobranchia
clade Euthyneura |
Superfamily: | Pupilloidea |
Family: | Pleurodiscidae |
Genus: | Pleurodiscus |
Species: | P. balmei |
Binomial name | |
Pleurodiscus balmei (Potiez & Michaud, 1838) |
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Synonyms | |
Helix Balmei Potiez & Michaud, 1838 |
clade Euthyneura
clade Panpulmonata
clade Eupulmonata
clade Stylommatophora
informal group Orthurethra
Helix Balmei Potiez & Michaud, 1838
Pleurodiscus balmei is a Mediterranean European species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Pleurodiscidae.
This species is known to occur in a number of countries and islands including:
It was introduced to southeastern Australia.
This snail also occurs as a "hothouse alien" in: