Oxychilus draparnaudi

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Oxychilus draparnaudi
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Scientific classification OOjs UI icon edit-ltr.svg
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Stylommatophora
Family: Oxychilidae
Genus: Oxychilus
Species:
O. draparnaudi
Binomial name
Oxychilus draparnaudi
(Beck, 1837)

Oxychilus draparnaudi, or Draparnaud's glass snail, [1] is a species of small land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusc in the family Oxychilidae, the glass snails. [2]

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Description

Oxychilus draparnaudi is large for a glass snail, also called the dark-bodied glass snail with a shell of about 14 mm (0.55 in) in maximum dimension. The shell is glossy and is a translucent yellowish-brown and gold in color, somewhat whiter underneath. [3]

The visible soft parts of the animal are a very unusual strong dark blue, mixed with grey. [3]

Distribution

This species occurs in countries and islands including:

and other areas

Synonyms

Synonyms include Oxychilus drapanaldi, Oxychilus lucidum, Helix lucida, Helix nitida, Helicella draparnaldi, and Polita draparnaldi. [5]

References

  1. 1 2 Neiber, M.T. (2017). "Oxychilus draparnaudi ". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2017. IUCN: e.T171547A1327952. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-3.RLTS.T171547A1327952.en .
  2. ↑ Spencer, H. G.; Marshall, B. A.; Willan, R. C. (2009). "Checklist of New Zealand living Mollusca". In Gordon, Dennis P. (ed.). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity. Christchurch, N.Z.: Canterbury University Press. pp. 196–219. ISBN   9781877257728. OCLC   340800193.
  3. 1 2 Janus H. (1965) The young specialist look at land and freshwater molluscs Burke, London.
  4. ↑ Balashov I. & Gural-Sverlova N. 2012. An annotated checklist of the terrestrial molluscs of Ukraine. Journal of Conchology. 41 (1): 91-109.
  5. ↑ Virginia Land Snails, in carnegiemnh.org .


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