Oxyloma retusum
| Oxyloma retusum | |
|---|---|
| NE[1] | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Heterobranchia clade Euthyneura |
| Superfamily: | Succineoidea |
| Family: | Succineidae |
| Genus: | Oxyloma |
| Species: | O. retusum |
| Binomial name | |
| Oxyloma retusum (Lea, 1834) | |
| Synonyms | |
|
Oxyloma retusa | |
Oxyloma retusum,[2] common name the blunt ambersnail, is a species of small land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk belonging to the family Succineidae.
Distribution
This species occurs in North America.
Biology
This snail eats dead and green plants in the summer, and only dead plants during the winter.[3]
References
- ↑ IUCN 2007. 2007 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 26 August 2008.
- ↑ Örstan A. (2010). "Reproductive biology and annual population cycle of Oxyloma retusum (Pulmonata: Succineidae)". Amer. Malac. Bull. 28: 113-120. PDF.
- ↑ Örstan A. (2006). "Natural diet of Oxyloma retusa (Pulmonata: Succineidae)". Triton 13: 36-37. PDF.
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