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''Aegopinella nitidula'' (previously known as ''Retinella nitidula'') is a species of small
The shell is amber reddish in colour, rarely whitish. It is milky white near the umbilicus. The shell is finely striated with spiral lines producing a fine reticular pattern (less prominent than in '' A. pura''). The apex is strongly convex with 3.5-4.5 convex and regularly increasing whorls. The last whorl is not inflated near the aperture and not descending. The aperture is slightly oblique and the umbilicus is wide. The animal is bluish grey with a lighter sole and bluish black upper tentacles.
''Aegopinella nitidula'' (Draparnaud, 1805) (Gastropoda: Zonitidae) in British Columbia—first confirmed North American record.
''American Malacological Bulletin'' 16: 65–69.
''Aegopinella nitidula''
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land snail
A land snail is any of the numerous species of snail that live on land, as opposed to the sea snails and freshwater snails. ''Land snail'' is the common name for terrestrial gastropod mollusks that have shells (those without shells are known as ...
, a terrestrial pulmonate
Pulmonata or pulmonates, is an informal group (previously an order, and before that a subclass) of snails and slugs characterized by the ability to breathe air, by virtue of having a pallial lung instead of a gill, or gills. The group includ ...
gastropod
The gastropods (), commonly known as snails and slugs, belong to a large taxonomic class of invertebrates within the phylum Mollusca called Gastropoda ().
This class comprises snails and slugs from saltwater, from freshwater, and from land. T ...
mollusk in the family Gastrodontidae
Gastrodontidae is a family of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Gastrodontoidea (according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005). MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase ...
, the glass snails.
Forsyth et al. (2001) reviews its identification and ecology.
Description
For terms see gastropod shell.
The shell is amber reddish in colour, rarely whitish. It is milky white near the umbilicus. The shell is finely striated with spiral lines producing a fine reticular pattern (less prominent than in '' A. pura''). The apex is strongly convex with 3.5-4.5 convex and regularly increasing whorls. The last whorl is not inflated near the aperture and not descending. The aperture is slightly oblique and the umbilicus is wide. The animal is bluish grey with a lighter sole and bluish black upper tentacles.
Distribution
This species occurs in these countries amongst others: * Czech Republic * UkraineBalashov I. & Gural-Sverlova N. 2012. An annotated checklist of the terrestrial molluscs of Ukraine. ''Journal of Conchology''. 41 (1): 91-109. * Great Britain * Ireland * Canada (Vancouver; introduced)Forsyth, R.G., Hutchinson, J.M.C. & Reise, H. 2001''Aegopinella nitidula'' (Draparnaud, 1805) (Gastropoda: Zonitidae) in British Columbia—first confirmed North American record.
''American Malacological Bulletin'' 16: 65–69.
Habitat
''Aegiponella nitidula'' prefers moderately humid to humid sites in forests, but it can occur in a wide range of habitats, for example hedges, rocks and spring areas.Welter-Schultes, F.W. 2012. ''European non-marine molluscs, a guide for species identification: Bestimmungsbuch für europäische Land- und Süsswassermollusken.'' Planet Poster Editions: Göttingen.References
External links
''Aegopinella nitidula''
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