Pleurodiscus balmei explained

Pleurodiscus balmei is a Mediterranean European species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Pleurodiscidae.

Distribution

This species is known to occur in a number of countries and islands including:^[1]

• Italy
• Sicily
• Malta
• Turkey
• Greece
• Syria
• Israel
• Tunisia
• Algeria

It was introduced to southeastern Australia.^[1]

This snail also occurs as a "hothouse alien" in:

• Great Britain
• and other areas

External links

• Shell image at : http://microseashell.com/bbs/view.php?id=Snail&page=1&sn1=&divpage=1&sn=off&ss=on&sc=on&&select_arrange=headnum&desc=asc&no=367

Notes and References

1. http://www.animalbase.uni-goettingen.de/zooweb/servlet/AnimalBase/home/species?id=1220 "Species summary for Pleurodiscus balmei"