Oxychilus draparnaudi
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| (unranked): | clade Heterobranchia
clade Euthyneura clade Panpulmonata clade Eupulmonata clade Stylommatophora informal group Sigmurethra clade limacoid clade |
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| Species: | O. draparnaudi
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| Oxychilus draparnaudi (Beck, 1837)
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Oxychilus draparnaudi, Draparnaud's glass snail,[1] is a species of small land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Oxychilidae, the glass snails.[2]
Description
Oxychilus draparnaudi is large for a zonitid glass snail, also called the dark bodied glass snail with a shell of about 14 mm in maximum dimension. The shell is glossy and is a translucent yellowish-brown in color, somewhat whiter underneath.[3]
The visible soft parts of the animal are a very unusual strong dark blue, mixed with grey.[3]
Distribution
This species occurs in countries and islands including:
- Czech Republic
- Slovakia
- Ukraine[4]
- Great Britain
- Ireland
- and other areas
Synonyms
Synonyms include Oxychilus drapanaldi, Oxychilus lucidum, Helix lucida, Helix nitida, Helicella draparnaldi, and Polita draparnaldi.[5]
References
- ^ a b 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Cited 23 June 2007.
- ^ Spencer, H. G.; Marshall, B. A.; Willan, R. C. (2009). "Checklist of New Zealand living Mollusca". In Gordon, Dennis P. (ed.). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity. Christchurch, N.Z.: Canterbury University Press. pp. 196–219. ISBN 9781877257728. OCLC 340800193.
- ^ a b Janus H. (1965) The young specialist look at land and freshwater molluscs Burke, London.
- ^ Balashov I. & Gural-Sverlova N. 2012. An annotated checklist of the terrestrial molluscs of Ukraine. Journal of Conchology. 41 (1): 91-109.
- ^ Virginia Land Snails, in carnegiemnh.org.
External links
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