*** Welcome to piglix ***

Cryptella canariensis

Cryptella canariensis
Cryptella canariensis.jpg
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
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.

This article incorporates public domain text from the reference.


...
Wikipedia

...