Trochulus striolatus

Trochulus striolatus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Heterobranchia
clade Euthyneura
clade Panpulmonata
clade Eupulmonata
clade Stylommatophora
informal group Sigmurethra
Superfamily: Helicoidea
Family: Hygromiidae
Genus: Trochulus
Species: T. striolatus
Binomial name
Trochulus striolatus
(Pfeiffer, 1828)[1]
Synonyms

Trichia striolata

Trochulus striolatus, also known as Trichia striolata, common name the "strawberry snail," is a species of small air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Hygromiidae.

This species of snail makes and uses love darts.

Distrubution

This snail is native to northwestern Europe.

Distribution of subspecies Trochulus striolatus danubialis is Danubian.[2]

References

  1. ^ Pfeiffer C. 1828. Naturgeschichte deutscher Land- und Süsswasser-Mollusken. Dritte Abtheilung. pp. I-VI [= 1-6], 1-84, Taf. I-VIII [= 1-8]. Weimar. (Landes-Industrie-Comptoir).
  2. ^ (Slovak) Lisický M. J. 1991. Mollusca Slovenska [The Slovak molluscs]. VEDA vydavateľstvo Slovenskej akadémie vied, Bratislava, 344 pp.

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