Platyla polita

Platyla polita
	Shells of Platyla polita (specimen at MNHN, Paris)
Conservation status
	; Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Architaenioglossa
Family:	Aciculidae
Genus:	Platyla
Species:	P. polita
Binomial name
	Platyla polita; (Hartmann, 1840)
Synonyms
	Acicula (Platyla) polita(W. Hartmann, 1840) (unaccepted combination); † Acme (Acicula) diluvianaHocker, 1907 (junior synonym); Acme delpreteiPaulucci, 1881 (junior synonym); Acme oedogyraPaladilhe, 1868 (original combination); Acme serbicaClessin, 1911 (junior synonym); Acme similisReinhardt, 1880 (original combination); Acme similis bulgaricaA. J. Wagner, 1928 (junior synonym); Acme transsilvanicaA. J. Wagner, 1912 (junior synonym); Carychium lineatumC. Pfeiffer, 1828 (preoccupied); Cyclostoma lubricumHeld, 1847 (junior synonym); Hyalacme beieri Käufel, 1930 (junior synonym); Platyla oedogyra (Paladilhe, 1868) (junior synonym); Platyla similis (Reinhardt, 1880) (junior synonym); Truncatella (Pupula) acicularis polita W. Hartmann, 1840 (original combination); Truncatella lubrica Held, 1847 (junior synonym);

Last updated February 28, 2026

Platyla polita is a species of very small land snail with an operculum, a terrestrial gastropod mollusc or micromollusc in the family Aciculidae.^[3]

Subspecies

Platyla polita polita(W. Hartmann, 1840)
Platyla polita regina(Subai, 1977)

Distribution

This species is found in the Czech Republic,^[4] Slovakia,^[4] Poland, the Netherlands, Ukraine,^[5] in alluvial sediments of the Rhône River, France and others.

References

↑ Falkner, M.; von Proschwitz, T. & Rüetschi, J. (2011). "Platyla polita". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2011. IUCN: e.T156534A4960507. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2011-1.RLTS.T156534A4960507.en . Retrieved 15 January 2018.
↑ Hartmann, J. D. W. 1840. Erd- und Süsswasser-Gasteropoden. - pp. i-xx [= 1-20], 1-227, Tab. I-XII [= 1-12], I-XII [sic, = 13-24], 25-84. St. Gallen. (Scheitlin & Zollikofer).
↑ MolluscaBase eds. (2022). MolluscaBase. Platyla polita (W. Hartmann, 1840). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1003107 on 2022-01-26
1 2 (in Czech) 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.
↑ Balashov I. & Gural-Sverlova N. (2012). "An annotated checklist of the terrestrial molluscs of Ukraine". Journal of Conchology 41(1): 91-109.

Reinhardt, O. (1880). Die Acme-Arten des Banats und Siebenbürgens. Sitzungs-Berichte der Gesellschaft Naturforschender Freunde zu Berlin, 1880 (2): 45-47. Berlin
Wagner, A. J. (1928). Studien zur Molluskenfauna der Balkanhalbinsel mit besonderer Berücksichtigung Bulgariens und Thraziens, nebst monographischer Bearbeitung einzelner Gruppen. Prace Zoologiczne Polskiego Panstwowego Muzeum Przyrodniczego [Annales Zoologici Musei Polonici Historiae Naturalis]. 6 (4): 263-399, pl. 10-23. Warszawa.
Paulucci, M. (1881). Descrizione di una nuova specie del génère Acme. Bullettino della Società Malacologica Italiana. 7: 221-225.

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[1] Falkner, M.; von Proschwitz, T. & Rüetschi, J. (2011). "Platyla polita". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2011. IUCN: e.T156534A4960507. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2011-1.RLTS.T156534A4960507.en . Retrieved 15 January 2018.

[2] Hartmann, J. D. W. 1840. Erd- und Süsswasser-Gasteropoden. - pp. i-xx [= 1-20], 1-227, Tab. I-XII [= 1-12], I-XII [sic, = 13-24], 25-84. St. Gallen. (Scheitlin & Zollikofer).

[WoRMS-3] MolluscaBase eds. (2022). MolluscaBase. Platyla polita (W. Hartmann, 1840). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1003107 on 2022-01-26

[Horsák_2010-4] 1 2 (in Czech) 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.

[Balashov-5] Balashov I. & Gural-Sverlova N. (2012). "An annotated checklist of the terrestrial molluscs of Ukraine". Journal of Conchology 41(1): 91-109.

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Platyla polita

Shells of Platyla polita (specimen at MNHN, Paris)
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)^[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Architaenioglossa
Family:	Aciculidae
Genus:	Platyla
Species:	P. polita
Binomial name
*Platyla polita* (Hartmann, 1840)^[2]
Synonyms
Acicula (Platyla) polita(W. Hartmann, 1840) (unaccepted combination) † Acme (Acicula) diluvianaHocker, 1907 (junior synonym) Acme delpreteiPaulucci, 1881 (junior synonym) Acme oedogyraPaladilhe, 1868 (original combination) Acme serbicaClessin, 1911 (junior synonym) Acme similisReinhardt, 1880 (original combination) Acme similis bulgaricaA. J. Wagner, 1928 (junior synonym) Acme transsilvanicaA. J. Wagner, 1912 (junior synonym) Carychium lineatumC. Pfeiffer, 1828 (preoccupied) Cyclostoma lubricumHeld, 1847 (junior synonym) Hyalacme beieri Käufel, 1930 (junior synonym) Platyla oedogyra (Paladilhe, 1868) (junior synonym) Platyla similis (Reinhardt, 1880) (junior synonym) Truncatella (Pupula) acicularis polita W. Hartmann, 1840 (original combination) Truncatella lubrica Held, 1847 (junior synonym)