- Source: Alinda viridana
Alinda viridana is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Clausiliidae, the door snails.
Description
The length of the shell attains 20 mm, its diameter 4⅓ mm.
(Original description in Latin of Clausilia montana) The shell is fusiform-cylindrical with an arched slit. It is solid, tightly folded, and slightly glossy, with a horn-yellow coloration. The spire is cylindrical, gradually tapering to a blunt apex, and the suture is impressed with a slight margin. The shell consists of 13 whorls, with the first 9 to 10 being convex and the subsequent ones somewhat flattened. The body whorl is rough at the front, featuring a very short crest at the base. The aperture is oblong-pyriform, with a moderately sized upper lamella and a deep, slightly branched lower lamella. The crescent-shaped fold is narrow, accompanied by a single upper palatal fold, while the columellar fold is slightly submerged. The peristome is continuous, free, and only slightly expanded, with a thick white lip on the inside.
Distribution
This species occurs in Romania.
References
Sysoev, A. V. & Schileyko, A. A. (2009). Land snails and slugs of Russia and adjacent countries. Sofia/Moskva: Pensoft Series Faunistica No 87.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
External links
Rossmässler, E.A. (1835–1837). Iconographie der Land- & Süßwasser- Mollusken, mit vorzüglicher Berücksichtigung der europäischen noch nicht abgebildeten Arten. Dresden und Leipzig: Arnoldische Buchhandlung.