Sitala palmaria is a species of air-breathing land snail, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Helicarionidae.

Sitala palmaria
Drawing of an apertural view of the shell of Sitala palmaria
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Stylommatophora
Family: Helicarionidae
Genus: Sitala
Species:
S. palmaria
Binomial name
Sitala palmaria
(Benson, 1864)
Synonyms

Helix palmaria Benson, 1864

Distribution

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This species occurs in India, and was described from Nandi Hills, India by malacologist William Henry Benson in 1864.[1]

References

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  1. ^ Benson, William H. (1864). "Characters of Coilostele, an undescribed genus of Auriculacea (?), and of species of Helix, Pupa, and Ancylus, from India, West Africa, and Ceylon". The Annals and Magazine of Natural History; Zoology, Botany, and Geology. 13 (3). London Taylor and Francis, Ltd: 136–140. Archived from the original on February 5, 2024 – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.