Oxychilus navarricus
Oxychilus navarricus | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
(unranked): | clade Heterobranchia clade Euthyneura clade Panpulmonata clade Eupulmonata clade Stylommatophora informal group Sigmurethra clade limacoid clade |
Superfamily: | Gastrodontoidea |
Family: | Oxychilidae |
Subfamily: | Oxychilinae |
Genus: | Oxychilus |
Subgenus: | Ortizius |
Species: | O. navarricus |
Binomial name | |
Oxychilus navarricus (Bourguignat, 1870)[1] | |
Synonyms | |
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Oxychilus navarricus, before 2002 known as Oxychilus helveticus (Blum, 1881), is a species of small air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Oxychilidae, the glass snails.
Description
For terms see gastropod shell.
The 4.5-6 x 7-13 mm shell is thin and a light horny yellowish colour. It is whitish near the umbilicus and very shiny, almost smooth.The outline is almost globulous. There are 4.5-6 weakly convex whorls with weak suture. The last whorl width is 1.5 x or less of the preceding whorl which is well rounded at lower side.The umbilicus is not very wide, 1/8-1/7 of diameter.Genitalia: internal ornamentation of proximal penis consisting of more than seven longitudinal pleats, sometimes straight and distinct, sometimes wavy, slender and connected by lateral projections giving a reticulate appearance.[3]
Distribution
This species is known to occur in a number of countries and islands including:
- Great Britain
- Ireland
- The Netherlands
- Switzerland
- Canada - introduced
- and other areas
References
- ↑ Bourguignat J. R. 1870. Mollusques nouveaux, litigieux ou peu connus. Revue et Magasin de Zoologie Pure et Appliquée et de Sériciculture Comparée (2) 22: 14-30, 87-97, 166-171. Paris.
- ↑ Blum J. 1881. Schnecken vom Weissenstein bei Solothurn. Nachrichtsblatt der Deutschen Malakozoologischen Gesellschaft 13 (10): 138-141. Frankfurt am Main.
- ↑ Animalbase (Welter-Schultes)
External links
- Oxychilus navarricus at AnimalBase taxonomy,short description, distribution, biology,status (threats), images