Parmacella festae explained

Parmacella festae is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Parmacellidae.

Distribution

The distribution of this species includes:

Description

The animal is an evenly light ochreous cream in color. The mantle is up to 30 mm long. The whole animal is up to 55 mm long.

The shell has a thick and golden-yellow apex which is covered with minute pits regularly arranged in spiral rows (only visible under magnification when the shell is dried).

References

This article incorporates public domain text from the reference.[1]

Notes and References

  1. http://www.animalbase.uni-goettingen.de/zooweb/servlet/AnimalBase/home/species?id=4091 "Species summary for Parmacella festae"