Oxychilus draparnaudi

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Oxychilus draparnaudi
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Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Stylommatophora
Family: Oxychilidae
Genus: Oxychilus
Species:
O. draparnaudi
Binomial name
Oxychilus draparnaudi
(Beck, 1837)

Oxychilus draparnaudi, Draparnaud's glass snail,[1] is a species of small land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Oxychilidae, the glass snails.[2]

Description[]

Oxychilus draparnaudi is large for a zonitid glass snail, also called the dark bodied glass snail with a shell of about 14 mm in maximum dimension. The shell is glossy and is a translucent yellowish-brown in color, somewhat whiter underneath.[3]

The visible soft parts of the animal are a very unusual strong dark blue, mixed with grey.[3]

Distribution[]

This species occurs in countries and islands including:

and other areas

Synonyms[]

Synonyms include Oxychilus drapanaldi, Oxychilus lucidum, Helix lucida, Helix nitida, Helicella draparnaldi, and Polita draparnaldi.[5]

References[]

  1. ^ a b 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Cited 23 June 2007.
  2. ^ Spencer, H. G.; Marshall, B. A.; Willan, R. C. (2009). "Checklist of New Zealand living Mollusca". In Gordon, Dennis P. (ed.). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity. Christchurch, N.Z.: Canterbury University Press. pp. 196–219. ISBN 9781877257728. OCLC 340800193.
  3. ^ a b Janus H. (1965) The young specialist look at land and freshwater molluscs Burke, London.
  4. ^ Balashov I. & Gural-Sverlova N. 2012. An annotated checklist of the terrestrial molluscs of Ukraine. Journal of Conchology. 41 (1): 91-109.
  5. ^ Virginia Land Snails, in carnegiemnh.org.


External links[]

  • Oxychilus draparnaudi at Animalbase taxonomy,short description, distribution, biology,status (threats), images
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