Oxychilus camelinus

Last updated

Oxychilus camelinus
Oxychilus camelinus.jpg
A live individual of Oxychilus camelinus
Scientific classification OOjs UI icon edit-ltr.svg
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Stylommatophora
Family: Oxychilidae
Genus: Oxychilus
Species:
O. camelinus
Binomial name
Oxychilus camelinus
(Bourguignat, 1852) [1]
Synonyms

Helix camelina Bourguignat, 1852

Oxychilus camelinus is a species of small air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Oxychilidae, the glass snails.

Contents

Description

This species was described under the name Helix camelina from today's Lebanon by Jules René Bourguignat in 1852. [1]

The shape of the shell is almost flat, and the color is light horn. The shell has up to almost 6 whorls, which slowly increase. The last whorl is not much wider than the previous whorl, and is flat on the lower side. The suture is deep. The shell has distinct radial growth lines. The umbilicus is narrow and 1/8 of the shell diameter. The aperture is obliquely depressed. [2]

The width of the shell is 7.1–11 mm (0.28–0.43 in) and the height of the shell is 4.0–4.5 mm (0.16–0.18 in). [2] The width of the last whorl is 1.9–2.0 mm (0.075–0.079 in); the width of the umbilicus is 0.7–1.1 mm (0.028–0.043 in). [2]

The color of the tentacles, head and neck is light-grey. The color of the sole is white-yellow. [2]

Balcanodiscus frywaldskyanus is a similar species. [2]

Distribution

This species occurs in countries including:

Some scientists consider this species to be non-indigenous to Europe. [2]

Ecology

Oxychilus camelinus is a synanthropic species which inhabits dry and rocky habitats, often gardens. [2]

After copulation, snails were observed to lay up to a total of 8 eggs, in groups of 1-4 eggs. The size of the eggs was 1.7 mm (0.067 in). [2]

Oxychilus camelinus feeds on green plant matter and on detritus. These snails can be fed in captivity using cucumber, aquarium fish food, and pork meat. [2]

Related Research Articles

<i>Schizoglossa novoseelandica</i> Species of gastropod

Schizoglossa novoseelandica is a predatory species of air-breathing land slug or semi-slug, a terrestrial gastropod mollusc in the family Rhytididae. It is the type species of the genus Schizoglossa and is found only in New Zealand. The survival of this species is not threatened; it is not listed in the 2009 IUCN Red List nor is it in the 2005 New Zealand Threat Classification System lists.

<i>Oxychilus cellarius</i> Species of gastropod

Oxychilus cellarius, common name cellar glass-snail, is a species of small air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Oxychilidae, the glass snails.

<i>Chytra kirki</i> Species of gastropod

Chytra kirki is a species of tropical freshwater snail with an operculum, aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Paludomidae.

Zonitoides jaccetanicus is a species of small, air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Gastrodontidae.

Menetus dilatatus is a species of small air-breathing freshwater snail, an aquatic pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Planorbidae, the ram's horn snails.

<i>Cernuella virgata</i> Species of gastropod

Cernuella virgata, also known as Helicella virgata, common name, the "vineyard snail", is a species of small, air-breathing land snail, a pulmonate gastropod mollusc in the family Geomitridae.

<i>Eobania vermiculata</i> Species of gastropod

Eobania vermiculata also known as Helix vermiculata, common name the "chocolate-band snail" is a species of large, air-breathing, land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Helicidae, the true snails or typical snails.

<i>Aegopinella pura</i> Species of gastropod

Aegopinella pura, common name the clear glass snail, is a species of small land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Gastrodontidae, the glass snails.

<i>Ariophanta laevipes</i> Species of gastropod

Ariophanta laevipes is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusc in the family Ariophantidae.

<i>Punctum pygmaeum</i> Species of gastropod

Punctum pygmaeum is a species of very small, air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Punctidae, the dot snails.

<i>Vitrea contracta</i> Species of gastropod

Vitrea contracta, the milky crystal snail, is a species of small, air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Pristilomatidae.

<i>Oxychilus navarricus</i> Species of gastropod

Oxychilus navarricus, before 2002 known as Oxychilus helveticus, is a species of small air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Oxychilidae, the glass snails.

<i>Valvata oregonensis</i> Species of gastropod

Valvata oregonensis is a species of fossil freshwater snail with a gill and an operculum, an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Valvatidae, the valve snails.

<i>Pyrgophorus spinosus</i> Species of gastropod

Pyrgophorus spinosus, common name the spiny crownsnail, is a species of very small freshwater snail with a gill and an operculum, an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Hydrobiidae.

Chloritis vanbruggeni is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Camaenidae.

Chloritis togianensis is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Camaenidae.

<i>Staffordia staffordi</i> Species of gastropod

Staffordia staffordi is a species of air-breathing land snail, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Staffordiidae.

<i>Scutalus mariopenai</i> Species of gastropod

Scutalus mariopenai is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Bulimulidae.

<i>Galba schirazensis</i> Species of gastropod

Galba schirazensis is a species of air-breathing freshwater snail, an aquatic pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Lymnaeidae, the pond snails.

Zospeum zaldivarae is a cave-dwelling species of air-breathing land snail.

References

  1. 1 2 3 (in Latin) Bourguignat J. R. (1852). Testacea novissima quæ Cl. de Saulcy in itinere per Orientem annis 1850 et 1851, collegit. pp. [1], 5-31. Lutetiæ. page 14.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Georgiev D. (2014). "On the occurrence of Oxychilus camelinus (Bourguignat, 1852) in Bulgaria (Gastropoda: Zonitidae). Malacologica Bohemoslovaca13: 106–109. PDF.
This page is based on this Wikipedia article
Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.