Pygmipanda atomata

Dwarf panda snail
empty shell in rainforest at Mount Royal, Australia
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Heterobranchia
clade Euthyneura
clade Panpulmonata
clade Eupulmonata
clade Stylommatophora
informal group Sigmurethra
Superfamily: Acavoidea
Family: Caryodidae
Genus: Pygmipanda
Species: P. atomata
Binomial name
Pygmipanda atomata
Gray 1834
Synonyms
  • Bulimus atomatus Gray 1834
  • Panda atomata azonata Hedley, 1892
  • Panda atomata elongata Hedley 1892

Pygmipanda atomata, known as the dwarf panda snail is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusc in the family Caryodidae.[1]

References

  1. ↑ Atlas of Living Australia; Pygmipanda atomata (Gray, 1834), retrieved August 1, 2016 http://bie.ala.org.au/species/urn:lsid:biodiversity.org.au:afd.taxon:e9d614b7-fb19-4c57-8cca-201230433d0b
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