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Oxyloma retusum

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Oxyloma retusum
Oxyloma retusum shell
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Stylommatophora
Family: Succineidae
Genus: Oxyloma
Species:
O. retusum
Binomial name
Oxyloma retusum
(Lea, 1834)
Synonyms
  • Oxyloma retusa (Lea, 1834)
  • Succinea calumetensis Calkins, 1878
  • Succinea higginsi Tryon, 1866
  • Succinea higginsi Bland, 1866
  • Succinea retusa I. Lea, 1834

Oxyloma retusum,[1] common name the blunt ambersnail, is a species of small land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk belonging to the family Succineidae.

Distribution

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This species occurs in North America.

Biology

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This snail eats dead and green plants in the summer, and only dead plants during the winter.[2]

References

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  1. ^ Örstan A. (2010). "Reproductive biology and annual population cycle of Oxyloma retusum (Pulmonata: Succineidae)". Amer. Malac. Bull. 28: 113-120. PDF.
  2. ^ Örstan A. (2006). "Natural diet of Oxyloma retusa (Pulmonata: Succineidae)". Triton 13: 36-37. PDF.


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