''Pygmipanda atomata'', known as the dwarf panda snail is a
species
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of air-breathing
land snail, a
terrestrial
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Terrestrial may also refer to:
* Terrestrial animal, an animal that lives on land opposed to living in water, or sometimes an animal that lives on or near the ground, as opposed to ...
pulmonate gastropod mollusc in the family
Caryodidae
Caryodidae is a taxonomic family of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Acavoidea (according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005).
This family is endemic to eastern ...
.
[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]
References
Caryodidae
Gastropods described in 1834
Taxa named by John Edward Gray
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