Sitala palmaria

Sitala palmaria
Drawing of an apertural view of the shell of Sitala palmaria
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Heterobranchia

clade Euthyneura
clade Panpulmonata
clade Eupulmonata
clade Stylommatophora
clade Sigmurethra
clade limacoid clade

Superfamily: Helicarionoidea
Family: Helicarionidae
Subfamily: Durgellinae
Tribe: Durgellini
Genus: Sitala
Species: S. palmaria
Binomial name
Sitala palmaria
(Benson, 1864)
Synonyms

Helix palmaria Benson, 1864

Sitala palmaria is a species of air-breathing land snail, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Helicarionidae.

Distribution

This species occurs in India, and was described from Nandi Hills, India by malacologist William Henry Benson in 1864.

References

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