Eucobresia diaphana

Eucobresia diaphana
Three shells of Eucobresia diaphana
Conservation status
NE[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Infraorder: Stylommatophora
(unranked): clade Euthyneura
clade Panpulmonata
clade Eupulmonata
clade Stylommatophora
informal group Sigmurethra
clade Limacoid clade
Superfamily: Limacoidea
Family: Vitrinidae
Genus: Eucobresia
Species: E. diaphana
Binomial name
Eucobresia diaphana
(Draparnaud, 1805)

Eucobresia diaphana is a species of small air-breathing land snail or semi-slug, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Vitrinidae, the glass snails.

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Habitat

This species lives under leaves, etc, in damp places.

Shell description

The shell of this species is very delicate. It has a large aperture. The shell is yellowish in color and translucent. The shell length is approximately 7 mm, and the width is about 4.5 mm.

Distribution

This species lives in the Alps and central Europe, including the following countries:

References

  1. ^ 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Cited 5 May 2007.
  2. ^ Juřičková L., Horsák M. & Beran L., 2001: Check-list of the molluscs (Mollusca) of the Czech Republic. Acta Soc. Zool. Bohem., 65: 25-40.
  3. ^ MollBase - Eucobresia diaphana - Ohrförmige Glasschnecke - Atlas 1991
  4. ^ http://www.anemoon.org/anm/voorlopige-kaarten/landmollusken/wetenschappelijk/eucobresia-diaphana
  5. ^ http://www2.minlnv.nl/cgi-bin/database/query.pl?config=/thema/groen/ffwet/soorten&snp=toon-soort-lang&id=2354
  6. ^ Tnp-Bi-Avertebratha

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