Oxyloma retusum

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Oxyloma retusum
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Oxyloma retusum shell
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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
  • Oxyloma retusa(Lea, 1834)
  • Succinea calumetensisCalkins, 1878
  • Succinea higginsiTryon, 1866
  • Succinea higginsiBland, 1866
  • Succinea retusaI. Lea, 1834

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.

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Distribution

This species occurs in North America.

Biology

This snail eats dead and green plants in the summer, and only dead plants during the winter. [2]

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References

  1. Örstan A. (2010). "Reproductive biology and annual population cycle of Oxyloma retusum (Pulmonata: Succineidae)". Amer. Malac. Bull.28: 113-120. PDF.
  2. Örstan A. (2006). "Natural diet of Oxyloma retusa (Pulmonata: Succineidae)". Triton13: 36-37. PDF.