Alinda biplicata

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Alinda biplicata
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Shell of Alinda biplicata
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Stylommatophora
Family: Clausiliidae
Genus: Alinda
Species:
A. biplicata
Binomial name
Alinda biplicata
(Montagu, 1803) [2]
Synonyms
  • Turbo biplicata Montagu, 1803
  • Balea biplicata (Montagu, 1803)
  • Laciniaria biplicata

Alinda biplicata, also known as Balea biplicata, common name the two-lipped door snail or Thames door snail, is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Clausiliidae, the door snails, all of which have a clausilium. [3] [4] [5]

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Distribution

This species is known to occur in several European countries and islands, including:

Distribution of Alinda biplicata Balea-biplicata-map-eur-nm-moll.jpg
Distribution of Alinda biplicata

This species is rare in Great Britain. In England, it is found mainly in the London area, almost exclusively along the River Thames, and is particularly preserved at Isleworth Ait. [6] There is also a colony at Purfleet in Essex. [7]

The internal shell anatomy of the body whorl of Alinda biplicata 1 - Lamella superior 2 - Lamella inferior 3 - Lamella subcolumellaris 4 - Lunella 5 - Clausilium 6 - Plica medialis 7 - Plica principalis 8 - Lamella spiralis Alinda biplicata anatomy.jpg
The internal shell anatomy of the body whorl of Alinda biplicata
1 - Lamella superior
2 - Lamella inferior
3 - Lamella subcolumellaris
4 - Lunella
5 - Clausilium
6 - Plica medialis
7 - Plica principalis
8 - Lamella spiralis

Description

Like all species in this family, this snail has a clausilium. This spoon-shaped "door" is supported by, and slides in, a series of internal shell folds, see the image below.

The weight of the adult live snail is 149±6 mg. [8]

References

  1. ↑ Kappes, H. (2018) [errata version of 2017 assessment]. "Alinda biplicata". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2017 e.T75882194A134891554. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-3.RLTS.T75882194A75882200.en . Retrieved 1 May 2018.
  2. ↑ Montagu, G. (1803). Testacea Britannica, or natural history of British shells. pp. I-XXXVIII [= 1-38], 1-606, [1-4], pl. 1-16. London.
  3. ↑ Alinda biplicata (Montagu, 1803) . 14 August 2024. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species .
  4. ↑ Kantor Yu I., Vinarski M. V., Schileyko A. A. & Sysoev A. V. (published online on March 2, 2010). "Catalogue of the continental mollusks of Russia and adjacent territories". http://www.ruthenica.com/documents/Continental_Russian_molluscs_ver2-3-1.pdf Version 2.3.1.
  5. ↑ fauna-eu.org "Alinda (Alinda) biplicata (Montagu 1803)". Fauna Europaea, last update 27 January 2011, accessed 17 April 2011.
  6. ↑ Rare snail habitat is protected. BBC News, last updated: Thursday, 22 February 2007, 11:16 GMT.
  7. ↑ "Island Sanctuary For Sweaty, Hairy Snails Becomes London's Latest Local Nature Reserve". Thames Water. 22 February 2007. Archived from the original on 24 March 2008.
  8. ↑ Boch, Steffen; Prati, Daniel; Werth, Silke; Rüetschi, Jörg; Fischer, Markus (2011). "Lichen endozoochory by snails". PLOS ONE. 6 (4) e18770. Bibcode:2011PLoSO...618770B. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0018770 . PMC   3076439 . PMID   21533256.
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