| Pyramidula kuznetsovi | |
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| Two paratypes and holotype of P. kuznetsovi in collection of Zoological Museum of Moscow University | |
Scientific classification
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Heterobranchia |
| Order: | Stylommatophora |
| Family: | Pyramidulidae |
| Genus: | Pyramidula |
| Species: | P. kuznetsovi
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| Binomial name | |
| Pyramidula kuznetsovi Schileyko & Balashov, 2012
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Pyramidula kuznetsovi is a species of small air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusc in the family Pyramidulidae.
The diameter of the shell is up to 2.6 mm, the height is up to 2.3 mm at 5.5 whorls. [1] The presence of a distinct peripheral angle distinguishes this species from all other known species in this genus. [1]
This species is known only from four closely grouped locations in the valley of the Kali Gandaki River between Dhaulagiri and Annapurna mountains, Mustang District of Nepal. [1]
- ^ a b c d Schileyko A.A. & Balashov I.A. 2012. Pyramidula kuznetsovi sp. nov. – a new species of land mollusсs from Nepal (Pulmonata, Pyramidulidae). Ruthenica. 22 (1): 41-45.