Oxychilus cellarius

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Oxychilus cellarius
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A live individual of Oxychilus cellarius, the shell seen from the side
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Heterobranchia
Order: Stylommatophora
Family: Oxychilidae
Genus: Oxychilus
Species:
O. cellarius
Binomial name
Oxychilus cellarius
Synonyms

Helix cellaria Müller, 1774

Oxychilus cellarius, common name cellar glass-snail, [2] is a species of small air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Oxychilidae, the glass snails.

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Description

The shell has 5.5-6 regularly increasing whorls. The last whorl is not inflated and narrower than in Oxychilus draparnaudi . The shell is nearly smooth and shiny and only very faintly striated. The umbilicus is moderately deep and open. [3]

The width of the shell is 7–11 mm (14 mm maximum). The height of the shell is 4.5–6 mm. [3]

The animal is usually pale bluish grey. Genitalia: Penis cylindrical without constrictions (in contrast to Oxychilus draparnaudi), rows of papillae of penis continuous without interruption (interrupted at the constriction in Oxychilus draparnaudi). [3]

Photo of the shell. Oxychilus cellarius bottom.jpg
Photo of the shell.
Photo of the shell. Oxychilus cellarius top.jpg
Photo of the shell.

Distribution

This species occurs in countries and islands including:

Habitat

Oxychilus cellarius occurs in a number of habitats, like in forests and in habitats modified by humans, such as gardens and green houses. [5]

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References

  1. Müller O. F. (1774). Vermivm terrestrium et fluviatilium, seu animalium infusoriorum, helminthicorum, et testaceorum, non marinorum, succincta historia. Volumen alterum. pp. I-XXXVI [= 1-36], 1-214, [1-10]. Havniæ & Lipsiæ. pge 28.
  2. Oxychilus cellarius. Encyclopedia of Life, accessed 28 July 2014.
  3. 1 2 3 "Species summary for Oxychilus cellarius". AnimalBase, accessed 28 July 2014, last modified 8 December 2013.
  4. 1 2 Horsák M., Juřičková L., Beran L., Čejka T. & Dvořák L., 2010: Komentovaný seznam měkkýšů zjištěných ve volné přírodě České a Slovenské republiky. [Annotated list of mollusc species recorded outdoors in the Czech and Slovak Republics]. Malacologica Bohemoslovaca Suppl. 1: 1–37. PDF.
  5. Welter-Schultes, F.W. 2012. European non-marine molluscs, a guide for species identification: Bestimmungsbuch für europäische Land- und Süsswassermollusken. Planet Poster Editions: Göttingen.