Plectopylis bensoni | |
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Plectopylis bensoni shells | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
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clade Heterobranchia
clade Euthyneura |
Superfamily: | Plectopyloidea |
Family: | Plectopylidae |
Genus: | Plectopylis |
Species: | P. bensoni |
Binomial name | |
Plectopylis bensoni (Gude, 1914) |
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Synonyms | |
clade Euthyneura
clade Panpulmonata
clade Eupulmonata
clade Stylommatophora
informal group Sigmurethra
Plectopylis bensoni is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Plectopylidae.
Plectopylis bensoni is the type species of the genus Plectopylis.
The specific name bensoni is in honour of malacologist William Henry Benson.