Ashfordia granulata

Ashfordia granulata
Conservation status
	; Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Order:	Stylommatophora
Family:	Hygromiidae
Genus:	Ashfordia
Species:	A. granulata
Binomial name
	Ashfordia granulata; (Alder, 1830)

Ashfordia granulata, common name the "silky snail", is a species of medium-sized air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Hygromiidae, the hairy snails and their allies.

This species is sometimes placed in the genus Monacha and known as Monacha granulata.^[2]^[3]

Distribution

This species is known to occur mainly in:

Ireland
Great Britain, England

with small populations in:

France
Spain

Description

The 5-7 × 7-9 mm shell is whitish to pale brown and thin, translucent, with fine straight hairs with bulbous bases. There are 5.5-6 convex whorls with deep suture. The aperture is simple with a thin lip or without a lip . It is reflected only at the columellar side. The umbilicus is very narrow and partly covered by the reflected columellar margin. The mantle is with black spots.^[4]

Life cycle

The size of the egg is 1 mm.^[5]

References

^ Alder J. 1830. A catalogue of the land and fresh-water testaceous Mollusca found in the vicinity of Newcastle upon Tyne, with remarks. Transactions of the Natural History Society of Northumberland and Durham 1 (1): 26-41. London.
^ "Monacha granulata". zipcodezoo.com. Archived from the original on 10 February 2013. Retrieved 26 January 2022.
^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-06-13. Retrieved 2008-12-25.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
^ "AnimalBase :: Ashfordia granulata species homepage". Animalbase.uni-goettingen.de. Retrieved 5 March 2022.
^ 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.

External links

Ashfordia granulata at Animalbase taxonomy,short description, distribution, biology,status (threats), images
Image from Habitas

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[1] Alder J. 1830. A catalogue of the land and fresh-water testaceous Mollusca found in the vicinity of Newcastle upon Tyne, with remarks. Transactions of the Natural History Society of Northumberland and Durham 1 (1): 26-41. London.

[2] "Monacha granulata". zipcodezoo.com. Archived from the original on 10 February 2013. Retrieved 26 January 2022.

[3] "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-06-13. Retrieved 2008-12-25.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

[4] "AnimalBase :: Ashfordia granulata species homepage". Animalbase.uni-goettingen.de. Retrieved 5 March 2022.

[Barker-5] 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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