Trochulus striolatus

Trochulus striolatus
Plate accompanying the original description by Carl Pfeiffer Helix striolatus is figure 8
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Order:	Stylommatophora
Family:	Hygromiidae
Genus:	Trochulus
Species:	T. striolatus
Binomial name
Trochulus striolatus (Pfeiffer, 1828) [1]
Synonyms
Trichia striolata

Trochulus striolatus, previously known as Trichia striolata, common name the "strawberry snail," is a species of tiny, air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Hygromiidae. This species of snail uses love darts before mating.

Description

The round 10–15 mm. shell has a depressed, low, conical spire. The whorls are convex, with relatively deep sutures, while the last one is angled on the periphery. The colour is whitish to yellowish-brown or reddish-brown, having irregular growth lines and often a pale band on the angled periphery. The adult shell is hairless but bears scattered coarse hair when juvenile.

Distribution

This snail is native to northwestern Europe, occurring in:

• British Isles: Great Britain and Ireland
• Netherlands
• Slovakia

The distribution of the subspecies Trochulus striolatus danubialis is Danubian. ^[2]

References

1. Pfeiffer C. 1828. Naturgeschichte deutscher Land- und Süsswasser-Mollusken. Dritte Abtheilung. pp. I-VI [= 1-6], 1-84, Taf. I-VIII [= 1-8]. Weimar. (Landes-Industrie-Comptoir).
2. (in Slovak) Lisický M. J. (1991). Mollusca Slovenska [The Slovak molluscs]. VEDA vydavateľstvo Slovenskej akadémie vied, Bratislava, 344 pp.

External links

• Trochulus striolatus at Animalbase taxonomy, short description, distribution, biology, status (threats), images
• Taxonomy at:
• UK Nature image of a live snail of this species