Biology:Oligospira waltoni

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Short description: Species of gastropod

Oligospira waltoni
Naturalis Biodiversity Center - RMNH.MOL.274209 1 - Oligospira waltoni (Reeve, 1842) - Acavidae - Mollusc shell.jpeg
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Heterobranchia
Order: Stylommatophora
Informal group: Sigmurethra
Family: Acavidae
Genus: Oligospira
Species:
O. waltoni
Binomial name
Oligospira waltoni
(Reeve 1842)
Synonyms

Acavus waltoni Reeve 1842

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

Description

It has a rosy brown shell with a dark brown lip.[1]

References

  1. "Land Snails of Sri Lanka". Young Biologists' Association Sri Lanka. http://www.ybasrilanka.org/2011/01/land-snails-of-sri-lanka.html. Retrieved 2 November 2016. 

Wikidata ☰ Q28432185 entry