Trochulus striolatus

Trochulus striolatus, previously known as Trichia striolata, common name the "strawberry snail," is a species of small, air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Hygromiidae.

Trochulus striolatus
Plate accompanying the original description by Carl Pfeiffer Helix striolatus is figure 8
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Heterobranchia
clade Euthyneura
clade Panpulmonata
clade Eupulmonata
clade Stylommatophora
informal group Sigmurethra
Superfamily:
Helicoidea
Family:
Hygromiidae
Genus:
Trochulus
Species:
T. striolatus
Binomial name
Trochulus striolatus
(Pfeiffer, 1828)[1]
Synonyms

Trichia striolata

This species of snail uses love darts before mating.

Description

The 10–15 mm. shell is globular with a depressed, low, conical spire. The whorls are convex, with quite deep sutures. The last whorl is angled on the periphery. The colour is whitish to yellow-brown or red-brown with irregular growth lines and often a pale band on the angled periphery. The adult shell is hairless but bears scattered coarse hairs when juvenile.

Distribution

This snail is native to northwestern Europe, occurring in:

The distribution of the subspecies Trochulus striolatus danubialis is Danubian.[2]

References
  1. Pfeiffer C. 1828. Naturgeschichte deutscher Land- und Süsswasser-Mollusken. Dritte Abtheilung. pp. I-VI [= 1-6], 1-84, Taf. I-VIII [= 1-8]. Weimar. (Landes-Industrie-Comptoir).
  2. (in Slovak) Lisický M. J. (1991). Mollusca Slovenska [The Slovak molluscs]. VEDA vydavateľstvo Slovenskej akadémie vied, Bratislava, 344 pp.


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