Placostylus scarabus

Placostylus scarabus

Classification

Class: Gastropoda
Order: Stylommatophora
Family: Bothriembryontidae

Placostylus, or flax snails, are a genus of very large, air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod molluscs in the family Bothriembryontidae. The shells of the snails in this genus can be as large as 4. 5 inches (11 cm) in maximum dimension.

Distribution

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Countries in the Picchu catalog

France · 1

Sources and credits

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Placostylus scarabus

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