Mirus panos
Species of terrestrial snails
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Mirus panos is a species of air-breathing land snails, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod in the subfamily Eninae of the family Enidae.[1] E. panos are endemic to Sri Lanka.[2]
| Mirus panos | |
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| Shell of Mirus panos (syntype at the Natural History Museum, London) | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Order: | Stylommatophora |
| Family: | Enidae |
| Genus: | Mirus |
| Species: | M. panos |
| Binomial name | |
| Mirus panos (W. H. Benson, 1853) | |
| Synonyms | |
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Bulimus panos W. H. Benson, 1853 | |
The shell ranges in size from 3–11 mm (0.12–0.43 in) in length, is elongated, with flattened lips.
They were first described in 1853 by British malacologist William Henry Benson.[3]