Trochulus striolatus
| Trochulus striolatus | |
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| Plate accompanying the original description by Carl Pfeiffer Helix striolatus is figure 8 | |
| 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: | Trochulus |
| Species: | T. striolatus |
| Binomial name | |
| Trochulus striolatus (Pfeiffer, 1828)[1] | |
| Synonyms | |
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Trichia striolata | |
Trochulus striolatus, previously known as Trichia striolata, common name the "strawberry snail," is a species of small, air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Hygromiidae.
This species of snail uses love darts before mating.
Description
The 11-15 mm. shell is globular with a depressed, low, conical spire. The whorls are convex, with quite deep sutures.The last whorl is angled on the periphery. The colour is whitish to yellow-brown or red-brown with irregular growth lines and often a pale band on the angled periphery. The adult shell is hairless but bears scattered coarse hairs when juvenile.
Distribution
This snail is native to northwestern Europe, occurring in:
- British Isles: Great Britain and Ireland
- Netherlands
- Slovakia
The distribution of the subspecies Trochulus striolatus danubialis is Danubian.[2]
References
- ↑ Pfeiffer C. 1828. Naturgeschichte deutscher Land- und Süsswasser-Mollusken. Dritte Abtheilung. pp. I-VI [= 1-6], 1-84, Taf. I-VIII [= 1-8]. Weimar. (Landes-Industrie-Comptoir).
- ↑ (in Slovak) Lisický M. J. (1991). Mollusca Slovenska [The Slovak molluscs]. VEDA vydavateľstvo Slovenskej akadémie vied, Bratislava, 344 pp.
External links
- Trochulus striolatus at Animalbase taxonomy,short description, distribution, biology,status (threats), images
- Taxonomy at:
- UK Nature image of a live snail of this species