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Planispira deaniana

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Planispira deaniana
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Stylommatophora
Family: Camaenidae
Genus: Planispira
Species:
P. deaniana
Binomial name
Planispira deaniana
(Ford, 1890)

Planispira deaniana is a species of discoid air-breathing land snail, a gastropod mollusc in the family Camaenidae.[1]

Morphology

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The shell of this species is oblate, with red outer lip and light brown periostracum. Some individuals have 1~2 black or brown annular bands.

Distribution

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Western and Gulf Province, Papua New Guinea.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b Telnov, Dmitry (May 2014). "Review and assessment of the literature on recent non-marine molluscs of the Papuan biogeographical region". Biodiversity, Biogeography and Nature Conservation in Wallacea and New Guinea.: 89.