Pomatias elegans
| Pomatias elegans | |
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| A live and active individual of Pomatias elegans; note how the back of the shell rests on the operculum on the upper surface of the tail | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Littorinimorpha |
| Family: | Pomatiidae |
| Genus: | Pomatias |
| Species: | P. elegans |
| Binomial name | |
| Pomatias elegans (Müller, 1774) | |
| Synonyms | |
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Pomatias elegans, common name the round-mouthed snail, is a species of small land snail with an operculum, a terrestrial gastropod mollusk in the family Pomatiidae within the superfamily Littorinoidea, the winkles and their allies.
This species is sometimes called a "land winkle".