| Acanthinula aculeata | |
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| Shell of Acanthinula aculeata | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Heterobranchia |
| Order: | Stylommatophora |
| Family: | Valloniidae |
| Genus: | Acanthinula |
| Species: | A. aculeata |
| Binomial name | |
| Acanthinula aculeata (O. F. Müller, 1774) [1] | |
Acanthinula aculeata is a species of minute, air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk or micromollusk in the family Valloniidae.
For terms see gastropod shell.
The 1.9-2.1 mm. shell is slightly higher than wide and brown in colour. The periostracum bears ribs ( elevated, radial ridges) with characteristic spines. The aperture is circular. The animal is grey on the dorsum and tentacles. The foot and sole margin are white. [2]
This species is found in Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, Estonia, Poland, the Netherlands, Slovakia, Great Britain, Ireland, Ukraine [3] and elsewhere.
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