Trochulus villosulus | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Order: | Stylommatophora |
Family: | Hygromiidae |
Genus: | Trochulus |
Species: | T. villosulus |
Binomial name | |
Trochulus villosulus (Rossmässler, 1838) | |
Synonyms | |
Trichia villosula(Rossmässler, 1838) |
Trochulus villosulus is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Hygromiidae, the hairy snails and their allies.
The trochulus species diet varies based on habitat. In moist regions, trochulus prefer to scavenge for large-leaved plants like Adenostyles , Urtica (nettles), Homogyne , or Tussilago . [1]
This species is known to occur in: