Oxyloma sarsii

Oxyloma sarsii
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Order:	Stylommatophora
Family:	Succineidae
Genus:	Oxyloma
Species:	O. sarsii
Binomial name
	Oxyloma sarsii; ( & , 1886)

Oxyloma sarsii is a species of small European land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk belonging to the family Succineidae, the amber snails.

Description[]

Only reliably separated from the very similar Oxyloma elegans by dissection

Distribution[]

This species is known to occur in a number of European countries and islands including:

Habitat[]

This snail lives at the water line, at the edges of rivers and lakes.

References[]

^ Georgiev D. G. (2006). "Two new species from the family Succineidae (Beck, 1837) (Gastropoda: Pulmonata) to the fauna of Bulgaria". Scientific Studies of the University of Plovdiv, Biology, Animalia 41: 7-11. PDF.
^ Balashov I. & Gural-Sverlova N. 2012. An annotated checklist of the terrestrial molluscs of Ukraine. Journal of Conchology. 41 (1): 91-109.

External links[]

Oxyloma sarsii at Animalbase taxonomy,short description, distribution, biology,status (threats), images

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[Georgiev_2006-1] Georgiev D. G. (2006). "Two new species from the family Succineidae (Beck, 1837) (Gastropoda: Pulmonata) to the fauna of Bulgaria". Scientific Studies of the University of Plovdiv, Biology, Animalia 41: 7-11. PDF.

[Balashov-2] Balashov I. & Gural-Sverlova N. 2012. An annotated checklist of the terrestrial molluscs of Ukraine. Journal of Conchology. 41 (1): 91-109.

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