Helicostyla metaformis
Helicostyla metaformis is a species of medium-sized, air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Bradybaenidae.[1]
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| Shells of Helicostyla metaformis on display at the Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Milano | |
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| (unranked): | clade Heterobranchia clade Euthyneura clade Panpulmonata clade Eupulmonata clade Stylommatophora informal group Sigmurethra |
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| Subfamily: | Helicostylinae |
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| Species: | H. metaformis |
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| Helicostyla metaformis (Ferussac, 1821) | |
This species can be found in the Philippines. Shells can reach a length of about 55 millimetres (2.2 in).[2]
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