Allognathus hispanicus

Allognathus hispanicus (now known as Allognathus balearicus) is a species of land snail in the family Helicidae, the true snails. This species is endemic to Mallorca, one of Spain's Balearic Islands.[1] The common name is "caragol de Serp" (snake snail), due to the pattern of it shell.

Allognathus hispanicus
Aperture view of the shell of Allognathus hispanicus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Heterobranchia
Order: Stylommatophora
Family: Helicidae
Genus: Allognathus
Species:
A. hispanicus
Binomial name
Allognathus hispanicus
(Rossmässler, 1838)
Synonyms
  • Helix hispanica Rossmässler, 1838
  • Helix balearica Rossmässler, 1838 (in syn.)
  • Iberellus balearicus Rossmässler, 1838

The snail lives in cracks in rocks and walls, and is only active when it rains.[1]

Description

Globose-flatenned shell with 4 ½ whorls with a clear suture and thin and irregular striation. Last whorl 3 times larger than the penultimate, growing progressively to the aperture. The aperture is oblique-oval descending from the third to the fourth whorl. Soft peristome with a brownish inner lip slightly reflected. Umbilicus completely closed.[2]

Allognathus hispanicus Puíg de la Verge, Pollença (Mallorca). Scale bar 1 cm.

Distribution

The species is distributed along the northern Tramuntana Mountains in western Mallorca, cohabiting in many localities with A. graellsianus.[2][3]

References
  1. Gómez Moliner, B.J. 2011. Allognathus hispanicus. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2011: e.T156607A4971951. https://doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2011-1.RLTS.T156607A4971951.en. Downloaded on 9 April 2019.
  2. Chueca, Luis J.; Forés, Maximino; Gómez-Moliner, Benjamín J. (2013). "Consideraciones nomenclaturales sobre las especies del género Allognathus (Gastropoda: Pulmonata: Helicidae) y estudio anatómico de Allognathus hispanicus tanitianus". Iberus. 31: 63–74.
  3. Chueca, Luis J.; Madeira, María José; Gómez‐Moliner, Benjamín J. (2015). "Biogeography of the land snail genus Allognathus (Helicidae): middle Miocene colonization of the Balearic Islands". Journal of Biogeography. 42 (10): 1845–1857. doi:10.1111/jbi.12549. ISSN 1365-2699.
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