Catinella arenaria
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| Catinella arenaria Bouchard-Chanteraux, 1837 |
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Catinella (Quickella) arenaria (Bouchard-Chantereaux, 1837) |
The sandbowl snail, Catinella arenaria, is a small species of small air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Succineidae, the amber snails.
[edit] Habitat
This species lives in wet hollows in sand dunes. In the British Isles these areas are known as "dune slacks", and when in pristine condition they provide a specialized habitat for an interesting group of fauna and flora.
[edit] Distribution and conservation status
- IUCN Red List - Near threatened (NT)[1]
- British Isles (Ireland and United Kingdom) - listed in List of endangered species in the British Isles
- western Europe: France, Belgium, Netherlands[2], Switzerland
- central Europe: Germany, Poland (Poland is listed in IUCN red list but is not listed in CLECOM-PROJECT list), Slovakia
- northern Europe: Norway, Sweden
[edit] References
- ^ Steffek, J. 1996. Catinella arenaria. In: IUCN 2006. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Cited June 15 2007. http://www.iucnredlist.org/search/details.php/4033/summ mentioned as: LR/nt ver 2.3 (1994)
- ^ http://www.anemoon.org/anm/voorlopige-kaarten/landmollusken/wetenschappelijk/catinella-arenaria
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