Oxyloma retusum | |
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Oxyloma retusum shell | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Heterobranchia |
Superorder: | Eupulmonata |
Order: | Stylommatophora |
Family: | Succineidae |
Genus: | Oxyloma |
Species: | O. retusum |
Binomial name | |
Oxyloma retusum (Lea, 1834) | |
Synonyms | |
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Oxyloma retusum, [1] common name the blunt ambersnail, is a species of small land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk belonging to the family Succineidae.
This species occurs in North America.
This snail eats dead and green plants in the summer, and only dead plants during the winter. [2]
The Kanab ambersnail, scientific name Oxyloma haydeni kanabense or Oxyloma kanabense, is a critically endangered subspecies or species of small, air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusc in the family Succineidae, the amber snails. The common name of the amber snails is based on the shell, which is translucent and when empty usually resembles the color of amber.
Oxyloma is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Succineidae, the ambersnails.
Oxyloma haydeni haydeni, common name the Niobrara ambersnail, is a subspecies of small, air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusc in the family Succineidae, the amber snails.
Succineidae are a family of small to medium-sized, air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod molluscs. They are commonly called amber snails because their thin fragile shells are translucent and amber-colored. They usually live in damp habitats such as marshes.
Succinea, common name the amber snails, is a genus of small, air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod molluscs in the family Succineidae.
Succinea putris is a species of small air-breathing land snail in the family Succineidae, the amber snails.
Oxyloma elegans is a species of small European land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk belonging to the family Succineidae, the amber snails.
Boninosuccinea is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial gastropod mollusks in the family Succineidae, the amber snails.
Zonites algirus is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropodmollusk in the family Zonitidae.
Philomycus carolinianus, common name the Carolina mantleslug, is a species of land slug, a terrestrial gastropod mollusk in the family Philomycidae.
Succinella oblonga is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Succineidae.
Oxyloma sarsii is a species of small European land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk belonging to the family Succineidae, the amber snails.
Oxyloma haydeni is a species of small, air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusc in the family Succineidae, the amber snails. A subspecies of this species is protected after having been recognized as Endangered.
Oxyloma patentissima is a species of land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Succineidae, the amber snails.
Hoplodictya spinicornis is a species of marsh fly in the family Sciomyzidae. It is a small, brown fly, typically 3-4 mm., widespread in the southern United States and Mexico, ranging north as far as British Columbia and New Jersey, and south as far as Guatemala and the West Indies.
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