Oxychilus draparnaudi
Oxychilus draparnaudi, or Draparnaud's glass snail,[1] is a species of small land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusc in the family Oxychilidae, the glass snails.[2]
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Heterobranchia |
| Order: | Stylommatophora |
| Family: | Oxychilidae |
| Genus: | Oxychilus |
| Species: | O. draparnaudi |
| Binomial name | |
| Oxychilus draparnaudi (Beck, 1837) | |
Description
Oxychilus draparnaudi is large for a zonitid glass snail, also called the dark-bodied glass snail with a shell of about 14 mm in maximum dimension. The shell is glossy and is a translucent yellowish-brown and gold in color, somewhat whiter underneath.[3]
The visible soft parts of the animal are a very unusual strong dark blue, mixed with grey.[3]
Shell of an Adult specimen (Ø 1,3 cm)
Shell of a Juvenile specimen (Ø 4 mm)
Distribution
This species occurs in countries and islands including:
- Czech Republic
- Slovakia
- Ukraine[4]
- Great Britain
- Ireland
- Singapore
- Hawaii
and other areas
Synonyms
Synonyms include Oxychilus drapanaldi, Oxychilus lucidum, Helix lucida, Helix nitida, Helicella draparnaldi, and Polita draparnaldi.[5]
References
- Neiber, M.T. (2017). "Oxychilus draparnaudi ". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN. 2017: e.T171547A1327952. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-3.RLTS.T171547A1327952.en.
- Spencer, H. G.; Marshall, B. A.; Willan, R. C. (2009). "Checklist of New Zealand living Mollusca". In Gordon, Dennis P. (ed.). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity. Christchurch, N.Z.: Canterbury University Press. pp. 196–219. ISBN 9781877257728. OCLC 340800193.
- Janus H. (1965) The young specialist look at land and freshwater molluscs Burke, London.
- Balashov I. & Gural-Sverlova N. 2012. An annotated checklist of the terrestrial molluscs of Ukraine. Journal of Conchology. 41 (1): 91-109.
- Virginia Land Snails, in carnegiemnh.org.
External links
Media related to Oxychilus draparnaudi at Wikimedia Commons- Oxychilus draparnaudi at Animalbase taxonomy,short description, distribution, biology,status (threats), images
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