Cryptella canariensis | |
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Cryptella canariensis | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
(unranked): | clade Heterobranchia clade Euthyneura clade Panpulmonata clade Eupulmonata clade Stylommatophora informal group Sigmurethra clade limacoid clade |
Superfamily: | Parmacelloidea |
Family: | Parmacellidae |
Genus: | Cryptella |
Species: | C. canariensis |
Binomial name | |
Cryptella canariensis Webb & Berthelot, 1833 |
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Synonyms | |
Parmacella canariensis (Webb & Berthelot, 1833) |
Parmacella canariensis (Webb & Berthelot, 1833)
Cryptella canariensis is a species of air-breathing land semislug with a small shell, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Parmacellidae. This species is also known as Parmacella canariensis.
This species is endemic to the Canary Islands.
The animal is greyish to yellowish brown, with black spots or streaks on the mantle and on the sides, mantle length 55% of body. The animal grows up to 40 mm long.
The shell has a smooth, thick and brown-yellow apex.
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