Hygromia cinctella
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| Hygromia cinctella | |
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| A live individual of Hygromia cinctella, withdrawn into its shell | |
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| 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: | Hygromia |
| Species: | H. cinctella |
| Binomial name | |
| Hygromia cinctella (Draparnaud, 1801) | |
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Hygromia cinctella, known commonly as the girdled snail, is a small European species of air-breathing land snail in the terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk family Hygromiidae.
Distribution
This snail is native to various European countries, including[1] France, Switzerland, Italy, and Slovenia. It has been introduced and became established in Great Britain, Austria, and Hungary.[1]
Behavior
This species creates and uses love darts in its mating behavior.
Love dart of H. cinctella
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Species summary for Hygromia cinctella. AnimalBase.
External links
- Pall-Gergely, B. 2011. Hygromia cinctella. In: IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2012.2. Downloaded on 22 June 2013.
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