Pila saxea
Species of gastropod
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Pila saxea, common name the stony ampullaria, is a species of freshwater snail with an operculum, an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Ampullariidae, the apple snails.[1]
| Pila saxea | |
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| Drawing of a shell of Pila saxea (holotype) | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Architaenioglossa |
| Family: | Ampullariidae |
| Genus: | Pila |
| Species: | P. saxea |
| Binomial name | |
| Pila saxea (Reeve, 1856) | |
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Description
(Original description) The shell is oblong-ovate and rather solid, featuring a narrow, covered umbilicus. The spire is rather obtuse. The whorls are a little depressed around the upper part, obsoletely angled, and then rounded. The shell appears olive. The aperture is pyriformly oblong, and the columellar lip is thinly reflected.[2] [further explanation needed]
Distribution
This species occurs in India and the Philippines.
