Lozekia transsilvanica

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Lozekia transsilvanica
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Heterobranchia
clade Euthyneura
clade Panpulmonata
clade Eupulmonata
clade Stylommatophora
informal group Sigmurethra
Superfamily:
Helicoidea
Family:
Hygromiidae
Subfamily:
Hygromiinae
Genus:
Lozekia
Species:
L. transsilvanica
Binomial name
Lozekia transsilvanica
(Westerlund, 1876) [1]
Synonyms
  • Helix (Trichia) transsilvanica Westerlund, 1876
  • Hygromia transsylvanica (Westerlund, 1876)

Lozekia transsilvanica [2] [3] is a species of small air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Hygromiidae, the hairy snails and their allies. This species is also known as Hygromia transsylvanica. [4]

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Distribution

This species occurs in:

Description

The shell of Lozekia transsilvanica is horny grey, greenish or yellowish brown in color, and is extremely finely striated. [3] The surface has fine and short (0.08-0.25 mm) riblets (120-160/mm2). [3] The shell has 5 weakly convex whorls, which rapidly increase in size. [3] The last whorl is inflated and has a weak edge at the periphery, which is slowly and straightly descending near the aperture. [3] The margin is straight and thin. [3] The umbilicus is very narrow and is almost covered by the reflected columellar margin. [3]

The width of the shell is 5.5-6.5 mm. [3] The height of the shell is 4.5–6 mm. [3]

Lozekia transsilvanica differs from Lozekia kovacsi in its larger (120-160 per square mm in Lozekia transsilvanica, 180-500 in Lozekia kovacsi) and longer riblets (Lozekia transsilvanica 0.08-0.25 mm, Lozekia kovacsi 0.055-0.09 mm). [3]

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References

This article incorporates public domain text from the reference. [3]

  1. ↑ Westerlund C. A. (1876-1878). Fauna Europæa molluscorum extramarinorum. Prodromus. Sistens descriptiones systematicas et criticas omnium generum et specierum horum animalium in Europa viventium et hodie cognitarum. pp. 1-320. Lundae. (Berlingia)
  2. ↑ Fehér Z., Szabó K., Bozsó M. & Pénzes Z. (2009). "Phylogeny and phylogeography of the Lozekia–Kovacsia species group (Gastropoda: Hygromiidae)". Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research 47(4): 306-314. doi : 10.1111/j.1439-0469.2009.00534.x
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 "Species summary for Lozekia transsilvanica". AnimalBase, last modified 2 January 2010, accessed 13 September 2010.
  4. 1 2 Čejka T., Dvořák L., Horsák M. & Šteffek J. (2007). "Checklist of molluscs (Mollusca) in the Slovak Republic". Folia Malacologica 15(2): 49-58.
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