Hemiplecta humphreysiana

Species of gastropod

Hemiplecta humphreysiana
Shell of Hemiplecta humphreysiana from Borneo at the Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Milano
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Heterobranchia
Order: Stylommatophora
Family: Ariophantidae
Genus: Hemiplecta
Species:
H. humphreysiana
Binomial name
Hemiplecta humphreysiana
I. Lea, 1841

Hemiplecta humphreysiana is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusc in the family Ariophantidae.

Description

Hemiplecta humphreysiana has a shell reaching a diameter of 33–50 mm. The surface of this shell is yellowish-fulvous or brown and minutely wrinkled.

Distribution

This species is widespread in Malay Peninsula, Borneo and Sumatra.

References

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