Plectopylis repercussa explained

Plectopylis repercussa is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusc in the family Plectopylidae.^[1]

Plectopylis bensoni is the type species of the genus Plectopylis. The specific name bensoni is in honour of malacologist William Henry Benson.

Distribution

This snail occurs in Myanmar.

External links

• Gould, A. A. (1856). Descriptions of new species of shells. Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History. 6: 11-16
• Pfeiffer, L. (1845). Uebersicht der mit inneren Lamellen versehenen Helix-Arten. Zeitschrift füt Malakozoologie. 2: 81–87.
• Gude, G. K. (1914). Mollusca-II. Trochomorphidae-Janellidae. In: Shipley, A. E. & Marshall, G. A. K. (eds.): The Fauna of British India, including Ceylon and Burma. XII + 520 pp. London (Taylor & Francis)
• Gude, G. K. (1899). Notes on some specimens of Plectopylis. The Journal of Malacology. 7(4): 91
• Páll-Gergely, B. (2018). Systematic revision of the Plectopylinae (Gastropoda, Pulmonata, Plectopylidae). European Journal of Taxonomy. (455): 1–114.

Notes and References

1. MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Plectopylis repercussa (Gould, 1856). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1327859 on 2021-03-09