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Abida polyodon

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Abida polyodon
Five shells of Abida polyodon
scale bar in mm
Scientific classification
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clade Heterobranchia

clade Euthyneura
clade Panpulmonata
clade Eupulmonata
clade Stylommatophora

informal group Orthurethra
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A. polyodon
Binomial name
Abida polyodon
(Draparnaud, 1801)

Abida polyodon is a species of air-breathing land snails, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusc in the family Chondrinidae.

Geographic distribution

Abida polyodon is found in France (the Lower Rhone drainage, Massif Central, and the Eastern Pyrenees), Andorra, and Spain (most of Catalonia and the island of Menorca).[1]

Ecology

The species can be found sheltering under stones in places with a calcareous substrate. It is also occasionally found on the surface of rocks.[1]

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