''Zospeum biscaiense'' is a species of air-breathing

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 Ellobiidae, the salt marsh snails. This species is endemic to Spain.

References

* Gómez, B. J & Prieto, C. E. 1983. ''Zospeum biscaiense'' nov. sp. (Gastropoda, Ellobiidae), otro molusco troglobio para la Península Ibérica. Speleon 26-27: 7-10. Barcelona. November 1983 (as on title page of volume). Ellobiidae Endemic fauna of Spain Gastropods described in 1983 Taxonomy articles created by Polbot {{Ellobiidae-stub Endemic molluscs of the Iberian Peninsula