Arianta arbustorum
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Arianta arbustorum is a medium-sized species of land snail, sometimes known as the "copse snail", a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Helicidae.
Subspecies
- Arianta arbustorum alpicola Férussac, 1821
- Arianta arbustorum arbustorum
- Arianta arbustorum canigonensis
- Arianta arbustorum picea
- Arianta arbustorum pseudorudis
- Arianta arbustorum repellini
- Arianta arbustorum styriaca
- Arianta arbustorum vareliensis
Distribution
This species is native to Europe, and can be found at least in the Netherlands[2], Czech Republic, Slovakia, Poland, Finland, the British Isles, and other countries. In Finland, it has become so common in the Porvoo region east of Helsinki, that it is locally called the "Porvoo snail".
Life cycle
This species of snail makes and uses calcareous love darts during mating.
The size of the egg is 3.2 mm.[3]
References
- ^ Linnaeus C. 1758. Systema naturae per regna tria naturæ, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Tomus I. Editio decima, reformata. pp. [1-4], 1-824. Holmiae. (Salvius).
- ^ Template:Nl icon Arianta arbustorum — Anemoon
- ^ Heller J.: Life History Strategies. in Barker G. M. (ed.): The biology of terrestrial molluscs. CABI Publishing, Oxon, UK, 2001, ISBN 0-85199-318-4. 1-146, cited page: 428.
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