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Species of gastropod From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Helicina platychila is a species of tropical land snail with an operculum, a terrestrial gastropod mollusc in the family Helicinidae.
Helicina platychila | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Neritimorpha |
Order: | Cycloneritida |
Family: | Helicinidae |
Genus: | Helicina |
Species: | H. platychila |
Binomial name | |
Helicina platychila (Megerle von Mühlfeld, 1824)[1] | |
Synonyms[2] | |
The description of Helicina epistilia Guppy, 1868 matches this species, and these names are therefore considered synonyms.[2]
As in many helicinid species, the shell of Helicina platychila can be yellow, to red, to brown in colour.[2]
This species lives in Guadeloupe, Dominica and in Martinique.[2]
The type locality is Guadeloupe.[1]
Helicina platychila is fairly common arboreally on branches and leaf surfaces, and between detritus and leaves on the ground, occasionally together with Helicina guppyi in Dominica.[2]
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