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Oxychona maculata

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Oxychona maculata
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Stylommatophora
Family: Bulimulidae
Genus: Oxychona
Species:
O. maculata
Binomial name
Oxychona maculata
Salvador & Cavallari, 2013[1]

Oxychona maculata is a species of tropical air-breathing land snail, a pulmonate gastropod mollusc in the family Bulimulidae.

Distribution

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Oxychona maculata occurs in southern Bahia state, Brazil. It is only known from the municipalities of Ilhéus (the type locality) and Itapetinga.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b Salvador, R. B.; Cavallari, D. C. (2013). "A new Oxychona species (Gastropoda: Pulmonata: Orthalicidae) from Bahia state, Brazil". Journal of Conchology. 41 (3): 315–318.