Porphyrobaphe iostoma is a species of land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Orthalicidae.[1]

Porphyrobaphe iostoma
Shell of Porphyrobaphe iostoma from Ecuador, on display at the Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Milano
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Stylommatophora
Family: Orthalicidae
Genus: Porphyrobaphe
Species:
P. iostoma
Binomial name
Porphyrobaphe iostoma
Sowerby, 1824

Description

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Porphyrobaphe iostoma bilabratus Pilsbry, 1899

Shells of Porphyrobaphe iostoma can reach a length of 62–72 millimetres (2.4–2.8 in).[2]

Distribution

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This species is found in Ecuador.[2]

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