Key Identification Features
- Paryphanta busbyi (Gray, 1840) is a large land snail with a distinct shell structure.
- The two succeeding whorls are distinctly rugose.
- More or less distinct spiral cords appear on post-embryonic whorls: these cords are first directed upwards, but become fully spiral on the last whorl.
- This species has distinctive coloration: it has a large reddish patch in the umbilicus, and its foot is maroon.
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