Hemiplecta humphreysiana

Hemiplecta humphreysiana is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusc in the family Ariophantidae.

Hemiplecta humphreysiana
Shell of Hemiplecta humphreysiana from Borneo at the Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Milano
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Heterobranchia
Order: Stylommatophora
Family: Ariophantidae
Genus: Hemiplecta
Species:
H. humphreysiana
Binomial name
Hemiplecta humphreysiana
I. Lea, 1841

Description

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Hemiplecta humphreysiana has a shell reaching a diameter of 33–50 mm. The surface of this shell is yellowish-fulvous or brown and minutely wrinkled.

Distribution

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This species is widespread in Malay Peninsula, Borneo and Sumatra.

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