| Fruticicola fruticum | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Heterobranchia |
| Superorder: | Eupulmonata |
| Order: | Stylommatophora |
| Superfamily: | Helicoidea |
| Family: | Camaenidae |
| Genus: | Fruticicola |
| Species: | F. fruticum |
| Binomial name | |
| Fruticicola fruticum (O. F. Müller, 1774)[1] | |
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Fruticicola fruticum is a species of medium-sized, air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusc in the family Camaenidae. [2]
Shell description
The shell of this species is globular with a deep umbilicus. The shell color is whitish or brownish.
The maximum shell dimension is about 22 millimetres (0.87 in).
Shell
The umbilicus
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Distribution
Europe (until recently including the southeastern part of British Isles, where it was probably introduced.)
- Austria[3]
- Bulgaria
- Czech Republic - least concern (LC)[4][5]
- Germany[6][7]
- Great Britain - extinct[8]
- Netherlands
- Poland
- Slovakia
- Ukraine[9]
Life cycle
The size of the egg is 1.9 millimetres (0.075 in).[10]
This species of snail makes and uses love darts during mating.
References
- ^ Müller O. F. 1774. Vermivm terrestrium et fluviatilium, seu animalium infusoriorum, helminthicorum, et testaceorum, non marinorum, succincta historia. Volumen alterum. pp. I-XXVI [= 1-36], 1-214, [1-10]. Havniae & Lipsiae. (Heineck & Faber).
- ^ MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Fruticicola fruticum (Müller, 1774). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1001797 on 2020-11-26
- ^ Wolfgang Fischer (October 24, 2005). "Letzte Änderung am". Vienna. Retrieved April 13, 2007.
- ^ Juřičková L., Horsák M. & Beran L., 2001: Check-list of the molluscs (Mollusca) of the Czech Republic. Acta Soc. Zool. Bohem., 65: 25-40.
- ^ Check-list of the molluscs (Mollusca) of the Czech Republic Retrieved April 13, 2007
- ^ Jürgen H. Jungbluth. "Deutsche Namen für einheimische Schnecken und Muscheln". Retrieved April 13, 2007.
- ^ MollBase - Fruticicola fruticum - Genabelte Strauchschnecke - Atlas 1991 Retrieved April 13, 2007 (in German)
- ^ Anderson, Roy (2005). "An annotated list of the non-marine molluscs of Britain and Ireland" (PDF). Journal of Conchology. 38 (6): 607–637. ISSN 1753-2205.
- ^ Balashov I. & Gural-Sverlova N. 2012. An annotated checklist of the terrestrial molluscs of Ukraine. Journal of Conchology. 41 (1): 91-109.
- ^ Heller J.: Life History Strategies. in Barker G. M. (ed.): The biology of terrestrial molluscs. CABI Publishing, Oxon, UK, 2001, ISBN 0-85199-318-4. 1-146, cited page: 428.