Wollastonaria turricula

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Wollastonaria turricula
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Shell of Wollastonaria turricula
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Heterobranchia
Order: Stylommatophora
Family: Geomitridae
Genus: Wollastonaria
Species:
W. turricula
Binomial name
Wollastonaria turricula
(R. T. Lowe, 1831)
Synonyms
  • Discula turricula
  • Geomitra turriculaPilsbry, 1895
  • Ochthephila (Hystricella) turricula(Lowe, 1831)
  • Helix turriculaR. T. Lowe, 1831
  • Helix (Hystricella) turricula Lowe, 1855
  • Helix (Hystricella) turricula var. pererosa Wollaston, 1878
  • Wollastonia turricula(R. T. Lowe, 1831) (superseded generic combination)

Wollastonaria turricula is a species of small, air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Geomitridae. [2]

Contents

This species is indigenous to the Madeira archipelago, where it only occurs on the islet Ilhéu de Cima. [1]

Shell description

The shell of these snails is shaped like a discus, or a lens, with a sharp edge around the periphery of the whorls. [3] It may be easily distinguished, through external morphology, from all Hystricella and Wollastonia species from its "peculiarly turreted shell". [4]

Distribution and Ecology

Hystricella turricula is endemic to the coastal slopes and plateaus on the islet Ilhéu de Cima on the southeastern coast of Porto Santo. The species occurs under volcanic rocks and debris scattered in open fields. The local form pererosa occurs on steep low-elevation slopes. Referenced collecting localities of De Mattia, Neiber & Groh, 2015 include: Quaternary slope deposits on the southwestern coast of Ilhéu de Cima, 33°03'15"N 16°17'02"W, 40 m; Ilhéu de Cima, top, under stones, 33°03'13"N 16°16'48"W, approx. 100 m. [4]

Conservation status

This species is mentioned in annex IV of the Habitats Directive. De Mattia, Neiber & Groh, 2015 consider this species to be Critically Endangered under criteria B1a,b(ii,v),2a,b(ii,v), as the species' extent of occurrence is less than 1 km2, and is imperiled by grazing and various unrecorded factors. Significant populational declines have been recorded, and the species is now restricted to one location on a high-altitude plateau. [4]

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References

  1. 1 2 Seddon, M.B. (2011). "Hystricella turricula". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2011: e.T6723A12800477. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2011-1.RLTS.T6723A12800477.en .
  2. ↑ MolluscaBase eds. (2022). MolluscaBase. Wollastonaria turricula (R. T. Lowe, 1831). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1340237 on 2022-07-21
  3. ↑ Hugh Watson (1923). "The anatomy and general affinities of Ochthephila (= Geomitra) turricula (Lowe)". Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London. 15 (6): 283–93.
  4. 1 2 3 Mattia, Willy De; Neiber, Marco T.; Groh, Klaus (24 January 2018). "Revision of the genus-group Hystricella R. T. Lowe, 1855 from Porto Santo (Madeira Archipelago), with descriptions of new recent and fossil taxa (Gastropoda, Helicoidea, Geomitridae)". ZooKeys (732): 1–125. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.732.21677 . ISSN   1313-2970. PMC   5799741 . PMID   29416404.


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