Oligospira polei

Oligospira polei is a species of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Acavidae. It is endemic to Sri Lanka.

Oligospira polei
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O. polei
Binomial name
Oligospira polei
(Collet, 1899)
Synonyms

Acavus polei Breston, 1904

Description

Shell orange brown with a white shell lip. Juvenile has a yellowish shell. They are mostly ground dwellers.[1]

References

  1. "Land Snails of Sri Lanka". Young Biologists' Association Sri Lanka. Retrieved 2 November 2016.


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