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Paropeas achatinaceum

Classification

Class: Gastropoda
Order: Stylommatophora
Family: Achatinidae

Paropeas achatinaceum is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusc in the family Achatinidae. Taxonomy The subgenus Paropeas within the genus Prosopeas was elevated to generic status in 1994, based on the anatomy of this species. Description Paropeas achatinaceum is a small snail with an oblong shell.

Distribution

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Countries in the Picchu catalog

Netherlands · 5

Sources and credits

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