Spirorbula squalida

Spirorbula squalida
Conservation status
Vulnerable  (IUCN 3.1) [1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Order:	Stylommatophora
Family:	Geomitridae
Genus:	Spirorbula
Species:	S. squalida
Binomial name
Spirorbula squalida (R.T. Lowe, 1852)
Synonyms
Helix (Irus) squalidaR. T. Lowe, 1852 (basionym)

Spirorbula squalida is a species of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Geomitridae, the hairy snails and their allies. ^[2]

This species is endemic to Portugal. Its natural habitat is rocky areas; it is threatened by habitat loss.

References

1. Seddon, M.B. (2011). "Spirorbula squalida". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2011 e.T20649A9217640. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2011-1.RLTS.T20649A9217640.en . Retrieved 16 November 2021.
2. MolluscaBase eds. (2022). MolluscaBase. Spirorbula squalida (R. T. Lowe, 1852). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1002479 on 2022-07-22

• Bank, R. A.; Neubert, E. (2017). Checklist of the land and freshwater Gastropoda of Europe. Last update: July 16, 2017.
• Cameron, R. A. D., Teixeira, D., Pokryszko, B., Silva, I. & Groh, K. (2021). An annotated checklist of the extant and Quaternary land molluscs of the Desertas Islands, Madeiran Archipelago. Journal of Conchology. 44(1): 53–70.

External links

• Lowe, R. T. (1852). Brief diagnostic notices of new Maderan land shells. The Annals and Magazine of Natural History. (2) 9 (50): 112-120; (2) 9 (52): 275-279. London