Parmacella festae | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Heterobranchia |
Order: | Stylommatophora |
Family: | Parmacellidae |
Genus: | Parmacella |
Species: | P. festae
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Binomial name | |
Parmacella festae Gambetta, 1925[1]
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Parmacella festae is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Parmacellidae.
The distribution of this species includes:
The animal is an evenly light ochreous cream in color.[2] The mantle is up to 30 mm long.[2] The whole animal is up to 55 mm long.[2]
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).[2]