Cochlodina orthostoma
Appearance
Cochlodina orthostoma | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Order: | Stylommatophora |
Family: | Clausiliidae |
Genus: | Cochlodina |
Species: | C. orthostoma
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Binomial name | |
Cochlodina orthostoma (Menke, 1828)
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Cochlodina orthostoma is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Clausiliidae, the door snails, all of which have a clausilium.
Distribution
Its native distribution is Central European and Eastern European. It occurs in:
- Czech Republic
- Slovakia
- Ukraine[1]
- and others
Description
The weight of the adult live snail is about 74.7±5.3 mg.[2]
Ecology
The habitat of this species is woodland.
References
- ^ Balashov I. & Gural-Sverlova N. 2012. An annotated checklist of the terrestrial molluscs of Ukraine. Journal of Conchology. 41 (1): 91-109.
- ^ Boch S., Prati D., Werth S., Rüetschi J. & Fischer M. (2011). "Lichen Endozoochory by Snails". PLoS ONE 6(4): e18770. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0018770.