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| Giant Land Snail | |
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| Shells of Acavus haemastoma from Sri Lanka at the Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Milano | |
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| (unranked): | clade Heterobranchia
clade Euthyneura |
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| Species: | A. phoenix
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| Acavus haemastoma Pfeiffer, 1854
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The Giant Land Snail, (Acavus phoenix), 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
- Acavus phoenix phoenix
- Acavus phoenix castaneus
References
- ^ "REVISION OF THE GENUS ACAVUS FROM SRI LANKA (GASTROPODA: ACAVIDAE)". Journal of Molluscan Studies. Retrieved 18 October 2016.
- ^ "Giant Land Snail (Acavus phoenix)". flickr. Retrieved 18 October 2016.
- ^ "Land Snails of Sri Lanka". Young Biologists' Association Sri Lanka. Retrieved 18 October 2016.