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Oligospira polei

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Oligospira polei
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Stylommatophora
Informal group: Sigmurethra
Family: Acavidae
Genus: Oligospira
Species:
O. polei
Binomial name
Oligospira polei
(Collet, 1899)
Synonyms

Acavus polei Breston, 1904

Oligospira polei is a species of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Acavidae. It is endemic to Sri Lanka.

Description

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Shell orange brown with a white shell lip. Juvenile has a yellowish shell. They are mostly ground dwellers.[1]

References

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  1. ^ "Land Snails of Sri Lanka". Young Biologists' Association Sri Lanka. Retrieved 2 November 2016.