Eucobresia diaphana
| Eucobresia diaphana | |
|---|---|
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| Three shells of Eucobresia diaphana | |
| Conservation status | |
| 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 in the terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk family Vitrinidae.
Habitat
This species lives in damp places, such as under leaves.
Shell description
The shell of this species is very delicate, translucent, and yellowish in color. It has a large aperture. The shell is about 7 millimeters long and 4.5 wide.
Distribution
This species is widespread and abundant in much of Europe, where it occurs in Austria, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, the Czech Republic (where it is mainly of least concern, but near threatened in Moravia),[2] France, Germany,[3] Italy, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Montenegro, the Netherlands, Poland, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, and Switzerland.[1]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Neubert, E. 2011. Eucobresia diaphana. In: IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2012.2. Downloaded on 21 June 2013.
- ↑ Juřičková, L., et al. 2001. Check-list of the molluscs (Mollusca) of the Czech Republic. Acta Soc. Zool. Bohem. 65: 25-40.
- ↑ Ohrförmige Glasschnecke (Eucobresia diaphana). MollBase. 1991.