Pleurodiscus balmei
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Pleurodiscus balmei is a Mediterranean Europe
an species
of air-breathing land snail
, a terrestrial
pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Pleurodiscidae.
It was introduced to southeastern Australia.
This snail also occurs as a "hothouse alien" in:
Europe
Europe is, by convention, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally 'divided' from Asia to its east by the watershed divides of the Ural and Caucasus Mountains, the Ural River, the Caspian and Black Seas, and the waterways connecting...
an species
Species
In biology, a species is one of the basic units of biological classification and a taxonomic rank. A species is often defined as a group of organisms capable of interbreeding and producing fertile offspring. While in many cases this definition is adequate, more precise or differing measures are...
of air-breathing land snail
Snail
Snail is a common name applied to most of the members of the molluscan class Gastropoda that have coiled shells in the adult stage. When the word is used in its most general sense, it includes sea snails, land snails and freshwater snails. The word snail without any qualifier is however more often...
, a terrestrial
Terrestrial animal
Terrestrial animals are animals that live predominantly or entirely on land , as compared with aquatic animals, which live predominantly or entirely in the water , or amphibians, which rely on a combination of aquatic and terrestrial habitats...
pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Pleurodiscidae.
Distribution
This species is known to occur in a number of countries and islands including:- Italy
- Sicily
- Malta
- Turkey
- Greece
- Syria
- Israel
- Tunisia
- Algeria
It was introduced to southeastern Australia.
This snail also occurs as a "hothouse alien" in:
- Great Britain
- and other areas