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Ravana politissima
Plate 1 of 1. Pfeiffer, 1854 (CC0) · via Wikimedia

Ravana politissima

Ravana politissima is a species of air-breathing land slug, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusc in the family Ariophantidae. Ravana is a monotypic genus, which is endemic to island of Sri Lanka. They are considered endangered due to habitat destruction.

The generic name is due to early Sri Lanka king Ravan.

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 1075205.