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Euconulidae
Euconulidae is a taxonomic family of minute, air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks or micromollusks in the superfamily Trochomorphoidea. This land snail family is closely allied to the Zonitidae, the glass snails. Taxonomy The family Euconulidae was originally placed within the superfamily Gastrodontoidea according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda (Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005). Since 2017, its classification has been revised and it now belongs to the superfamily Trochomorphoidea Distribution The distribution of the Euconulidae includes the Nearctic, the western-Palearctic, the eastern-Palearctic, the Neotropical zone, the Ethiopian zone, Malagasy, south-eastern Asia, Australia, Polynesia and Hawaii. Humidity, temperature, rainfall, and foliar dripping derived from dew, mist, and rain, affect the behavior and substrate selection of small terrestrial molluscs, such as ''Tikoconus costarricanus'', which inhabit shrubs in humid tropical montane fores ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Euconulus Fulvus
''Euconulus fulvus'' is a species of very small, air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial molluscs, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Euconulidae, the hive snails. Description For terms see gastropod shell The 2.0-2.5 x 2.8-3.5 mm shell is broader than high. The colour is yellowish brown. The shell surface on the upper side is rather pale, the lower side is rather silky and smooth. There is no umbilicus and the last whorl with a trace of a keel. Distribution This species occurs in countries and islands including: * List of non-marine molluscs of the Czech Republic, Czech Republic * List of non-marine molluscs of Ukraine, UkraineBalashov I. & Gural-Sverlova N. 2012. An annotated checklist of the terrestrial molluscs of Ukraine. ''Journal of Conchology''. 41 (1): 91-109. * List of non-marine molluscs of Great Britain, Great Britain * List of non-marine molluscs of Ireland, Ireland * and other areas Habitat ''Euconulus fulvus'' occurs mainly in coniferous ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |