Fruticicola fruticum

Fruticicola fruticum
Fruticicola fruticum
NE[1]
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: Bradybaenidae
Genus: Fruticicola
Species: F. fruticum
Binomial name
Fruticicola fruticum
(O. F. Müller, 1774)[2]
Synonyms
  • Helix fruticum Müller, 1774
  • Bradybaena fruticum

Fruticicola fruticum is a species of medium-sized, air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusc in the family Bradybaenidae.

Shell description

The shell of this species is globular with a deep umbilicus. The shell color is whitish or brownish.

The maximum shell dimension is about 22 millimetres (0.87 in).

Distribution

Europe (until recently including the southeastern part of British Isles, where it was probably introduced.)

Life cycle

The size of the egg is 1.9 millimetres (0.075 in).[10]

This species of snail makes and uses love darts during mating.

References

  1. ↑ 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Cited 13 March 2007.
  2. ↑ Müller O. F. 1774. Vermivm terrestrium et fluviatilium, seu animalium infusoriorum, helminthicorum, et testaceorum, non marinorum, succincta historia. Volumen alterum. pp. I-XXVI [= 1-36], 1-214, [1-10]. Havniae & Lipsiae. (Heineck & Faber).
  3. ↑ Wolfgang Fischer (October 24, 2005). "Letzte Änderung am". Vienna. Retrieved April 13, 2007.
  4. ↑ Juřičková L., Horsák M. & Beran L., 2001: Check-list of the molluscs (Mollusca) of the Czech Republic. Acta Soc. Zool. Bohem., 65: 25-40.
  5. ↑ Check-list of the molluscs (Mollusca) of the Czech Republic Retrieved April 13, 2007
  6. ↑ Jürgen H. Jungbluth. "Deutsche Namen für einheimische Schnecken und Muscheln". Retrieved April 13, 2007.
  7. ↑ MollBase - Fruticicola fruticum - Genabelte Strauchschnecke - Atlas 1991 Retrieved April 13, 2007 (German)
  8. ↑ Anderson, Roy (2005). "An annotated list of the non-marine molluscs of Britain and Ireland" (PDF). Journal of Conchology 38 (6): 607–637. ISSN 1753-2205.
  9. ↑ Balashov I. & Gural-Sverlova N. 2012. An annotated checklist of the terrestrial molluscs of Ukraine. Journal of Conchology. 41 (1): 91-109.
  10. ↑ 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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