Catinella arenaria

The sandbowl snail, Catinella arenaria, also known as Quickella arenaria, is a small species of small air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Succineidae, the amber snails.

Habitat

This snail lives in wet hollows among sand dunes. In the British Isles these areas are known as "dune slacks", and when in pristine condition, these hollows provide a specialized habitat for an unusual group of fauna and flora, which includes this species.

Distribution

This species occurs in areas including:

• The British Isles: Great Britain, Ireland. It is listed in List of endangered species in the British Isles. It is endangered in Great Britain.^[2] This species is fully protected in the United Kingdom under the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 since 1981.^[3]

• Western Europe: France, Belgium, Netherlands^[4], 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.

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