Phoenicobius aratus is a species of medium-sized, air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Bradybaenidae.[1]

Phoenicobius aratus
Shells of Phoenicobius aratus on display at the Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Milano
Scientific classification
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clade Heterobranchia

clade Euthyneura
clade Panpulmonata
clade Eupulmonata
clade Stylommatophora

informal group Sigmurethra
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P. aratus
Binomial name
Phoenicobius aratus
Sowerby, 1841

This species can be found in the Philippines. Shells can reach a length of about 45 millimetres (1.8 in).[2]

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