| Plectopylis bensoni | |
|---|---|
| Plectopylis bensoni shells | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): |
clade Heterobranchia
clade Euthyneura |
| Superfamily: | Plectopyloidea |
| Family: | Plectopylidae |
| Genus: | Plectopylis |
| Species: | P. bensoni |
| Binomial name | |
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Plectopylis bensoni (Gude, 1914) |
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| Synonyms | |
clade Euthyneura
clade Panpulmonata
clade Eupulmonata
clade Stylommatophora
informal group Sigmurethra
Plectopylis bensoni is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Plectopylidae.
Plectopylis bensoni is the type species of the genus Plectopylis.
The specific name bensoni is in honour of malacologist William Henry Benson.