Alinda biplicata

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Alinda biplicata
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Shell of Alinda biplicata
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Heterobranchia
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, [3] [4] 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.

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Distribution

This species is known to occur in a number of 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. [5] There is also a colony at Purfleet in Essex. [6]

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 148.6±5.7 mg. [7]

Related Research Articles

<i>Balea</i> Genus of gastropods

Balea is a genus of small, very elongate, air-breathing land snails, sinistral terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Clausiliidae, the door snails.

<i>Vertigo angustior</i> Species of gastropod

Vertigo angustior, the narrow-mouthed whorl snail, is a species of minute land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk or micromollusk in the family Vertiginidae, the whorl snails.

<i>Cochlodina laminata</i> Species of gastropod

Cochlodina laminata 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.

<i>Clausilia dubia</i> Species of gastropod

Clausilia dubia is a species of small, very elongate, left-handed air-breathing land snail, a sinistral terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Clausiliidae, the door snails, all of which have a clausilium.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Clausiliidae</span> Family of gastropods

Clausiliidae, also known by the common name door snails, is a taxonomic family of small, very elongate, mostly left-handed, air-breathing land snails, sinistral terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks.

<i>Neniatlanta pauli</i> Species of gastropod

Neniatlanta pauli is a species of small, air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Clausiliidae, the door snails, all of which have a clausilium, a sort of sliding door.

<i>Ruthenica filograna</i> Species of gastropod

Ruthenica filograna 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.

<i>Vertigo substriata</i> Species of mollusc

Vertigo substriata is a species of minute air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk or micromollusk in the family Vertiginidae, the whorl snails.

<i>Alinda</i> (gastropod) Subgenus of gastropods

Alinda is a subgenus or genus of small air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Clausiliidae, the door snails. The name Alinda Adams & Adams, 1855 cannot be used because the older name Plicaphora Hartmann, 1841 has as type * A junior synonym of Alinda's type species Turbo biplicatus Montagu, 1803.

<i>Montenegrina cattaroensis</i> Species of gastropod

Montenegrina cattaroensis 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.

The clausilium is a calcareous anatomical structure which is found in one group of air-breathing land snails: terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Clausiliidae, the door snails. The clausilium is one part of the clausilial apparatus.

<i>Pyramidula pusilla</i> Species of gastropod

Pyramidula pusilla is a species of very small air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk or micromollusk in the family Pyramidulidae.

<i>Clausilia bidentata</i> Species of gastropod

Clausilia bidentata, the two-toothed door snail, is a species of door snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the genus Clausilia belonging to the family Clausiliidae, all of which have a clausilium.

<i>Balea perversa</i> Species of gastropod

Balea perversa, also known as the wall snail or tree snail, is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Clausiliidae, the door snails. The shell of this species is left-handed in coiling and it looks like a juvenile of a clausiliid.

<i>Balea sarsii</i> Species of gastropod

Balea sarsii is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Clausiliidae.

<i>Ecrobia ventrosa</i> Species of gastropod

Ecrobia ventrosa, common name spire snail, is a European species of small brackish water snail with a gill and an operculum, an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Hydrobiidae.

<i>Clausilia</i> Genus of gastropods

Clausilia is a European genus of small, air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Clausiliidae, the door snails, all of which have a clausilium.

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. 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.
  4. fauna-eu.org "Alinda (Alinda) biplicata (Montagu 1803)". Fauna Europaea, last update 27 January 2011, accessed 17 April 2011.
  5. Rare snail habitat is protected. BBC News, last updated: Thursday, 22 February 2007, 11:16 GMT.
  6. Water Island Sanctuary For Sweaty, Hairy Snails Becomes London's Latest Local Nature Reserve 22 Feb 07 [ permanent dead link ]
  7. Boch S., Prati D., Werth S., Rüetschi J. & Fischer M. (2011). "Lichen Endozoochory by Snails". PLOS One 6(4): e18770. doi : 10.1371/journal.pone.0018770.