Spirorbula squalida

Spirorbula squalida is a species of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Geomitridae, the hairy snails and their allies. [2]

Spirorbula squalida
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S. squalida
Binomial name
Spirorbula squalida
(R.T. Lowe, 1852)
Synonyms

Helix (Irus) squalida R. T. Lowe, 1852 (basionym)

This species is endemic to Portugal. Its natural habitat is rocky areas; it is threatened by habitat loss.

References

  1. Seddon, M.B. (2011). "Spirorbula squalida". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2011: e.T20649A9217640. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2011-1.RLTS.T20649A9217640.en. Retrieved 16 November 2021.
  2. MolluscaBase eds. (2022). MolluscaBase. Spirorbula squalida (R. T. Lowe, 1852). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1002479 on 2022-07-22
  • Bank, R. A.; Neubert, E. (2017). Checklist of the land and freshwater Gastropoda of Europe. Last update: July 16th, 2017.
  • Cameron, R. A. D., Teixeira, D., Pokryszko, B., Silva, I. & Groh, K. (2021). An annotated checklist of the extant and Quaternary land molluscs of the Desertas Islands, Madeiran Archipelago. Journal of Conchology. 44(1): 53-70.


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