Trochulus hispidus

Trochulus hispidus
Live specimen of Trochulus hispidus
Conservation status
NE[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Family: Hygromiidae
Genus: Trochulus
Species: T. hispida
Binomial name
Trochulus hispidus
(Linnaeus, 1758)[2]
Synonyms

Trichia hispida

Trochulus hispidus, also known as Trichia hispida, common name, the "hairy snail", is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Hygromiidae.

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Anatomy

This species of snail creates and uses love darts during mating. The love dart of this species is thorn-shaped.

Distribution

This species occurs in a number of European countries and islands including:

Life cycle

The size of the egg is 1.5 mm.[3]

References

  1. ^ 2007 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Cited 13 July 2008.
  2. ^ 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).
  3. ^ 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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