Aegopinella pura

Aegopinella pura
Aegopinella pura figures 28, 29
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Heterobranchia
clade Euthyneura
clade Panpulmonata
clade Eupulmonata
clade Stylommatophora
informal group Sigmurethra
clade Limacoid clade
Superfamily: Gastrodontoidea
Family: Oxychilidae
Subfamily: Godwiniinae
Genus: Aegopinella
Species: A. pura
Binomial name
Aegopinella pura
(Alder, 1830)
Synonyms

Retinella pura

Aegopinella pura is a species of small land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Oxychilidae, the glass snails.

Description

For terms see gastropod shell

The shell is colourless or weakly brown and weakly shiny. The microsculpture (only visible under a microscope, 35-40 x) is faint, spiral lines crossing irregular radial lines. There are 3.5-4 convex whorls, the last whorl increasing and not descending near aperture.The umbilicus is wide and slightly excentric.

Distribution

This species occurs in countries and islands including:

Habitat

Aegopinella pura lives in deciduous forests where it can be found in the litter layer, underneath deadwood and at the base of vegetation. It preferes dry to humid habitats, especially on calcareous substrate.[2]

Life cycle

In spring, the adult snails lay the leggs and die after that. Two years after hatching the juveniles reach their maturity.[2]

References

  1. ↑ Balashov I. & Gural-Sverlova N. 2012. An annotated checklist of the terrestrial molluscs of Ukraine. Journal of Conchology. 41 (1): 91-109.
  2. 1 2 Welter-Schultes, F.W. 2012. European non-marine molluscs, a guide for species identification: Bestimmungsbuch für europäische Land- und Süsswassermollusken. Planet Poster Editions: Göttingen.


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