| Pupilla sterrii | |
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| Shell of Pupilla sterrii (specimen at MNHN, Paris) | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Heterobranchia |
| Order: | Stylommatophora |
| Family: | Pupillidae |
| Genus: | Pupilla |
| Species: | P. sterrii |
| Binomial name | |
| Pupilla sterrii | |
| Synonyms | |
Pupa Sterrii Forster & Voith, 1840 | |
Pupilla sterrii is a species of minute air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk or micromollusk in the family Pupillidae.
This species has a scattered distribution and occurs in a number of areas including Eurasia: the Alps and Carpathians to Turkey and NW China [2]
In lower altitudes the species is threatened by continuous habitat destructions. [2]
The shell is light horny coloured, weathering grey, finely ribbed. [2] Whorls are strongly convex with deep suture. [2] The aperture is with 2 teeth. [2]
The height of the shell is 2.8-3.5 mm. [2] The width of the shell is 1.6 mm. [2]
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Pupilla sterrii lives in grass in very dry and sunny areas of limestone rock, between stones, and on dry meadows on calcareous substrate. [2] In north Italy it occurs up to 2800 m. [2]
This species is Ovoviviparous. [2]
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