Euglandina singleyana

Euglandina singleyana, the striate glandina or striate wolfsnail,[1] is a species of predatory air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Spiraxidae.

Euglandina singleyana
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Heterobranchia
Order: Stylommatophora
Family: Spiraxidae
Genus: Euglandina
Species:
E. singleyana
Binomial name
Euglandina singleyana
(Binney, 1892)

Description

This snail has a golden-tan coloration, specially adapted mouthparts, and sensitive chemical receptors. It hunts and feeds in the same fashion as its larger congener, the rosy wolf snail, Euglandina rosea.

Euglandina singleyana is typically found in West Texas. It prefers areas of prairie and forest, under substrate of dead wood.

References

  1. "Euglandina singleyana at ZipcodeZoo". BayScience Foundation. Retrieved 29 December 2009.


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