Acavus phoenix

Giant Land Snail
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: Acavidae
Genus: Acavus
Species: A. phoenix
Binomial name
Acavus phoenix
Pfeiffer, 1854

Acavus phoenix, the giant land snail, is a species of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Acavidae.

Two subspecies recognized.[1]

Description

Acavus phoenix is the most common Acavus species in he island. Shell about 60mm in diameter[2] and is rose colored and body black colored.[3]

Distribution

This species is endemic to Sri Lanka. It is confined to wet zone of the country.

Subspecies

References

  1. "REVISION OF THE GENUS ACAVUS FROM SRI LANKA (GASTROPODA: ACAVIDAE)". Journal of Molluscan Studies. Retrieved 18 October 2016.
  2. "Giant Land Snail (Acavus phoenix)". flickr. Retrieved 18 October 2016.
  3. "Land Snails of Sri Lanka". Young Biologists' Association Sri Lanka. Retrieved 18 October 2016.

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