- Source: Clausilia bidentata
Clausilia bidentata, the two-toothed door snail, is a species of door snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the genus Clausilia belonging to the family Clausiliidae, all of which have a clausilium.
Subspecies
Clausilia bidentata abietina Dupuy, 1849
Clausilia bidentata bidentata (Ström, 1765)
Clausilia bidentata crenulata Risso, 1826
Clausilia bidentata moniziana Lowe, 1852
Distribution
This species is present in much of western Europe, including:
Czech Republic - in Bohemia only
Great Britain
Ireland
Habitat
This species is commonly found under bark of trees or in crevices of rocks.
The snails are often encountered when they are most active, at night during wet weather, at which time they often climb up trees and feed on lichens.
Description
The shell of this snail is a small and cylindrical snail, very high-spired and narrow. The shell length reaches 10–11 millimetres (0.39–0.43 in). The shell is dark brown with noticeable spiral ribs, slight longitudinal grooves, and a horny operculum.
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References
Anderson, R. 2005, An Annotated List of the Non-Marine Mollusca of Britain and Ireland, Journal of Conchology, London, 38: 607-638
Kerney, M, 1999, Atlas of the Land and Freshwater Molluscs of Britain and Ireland, Harley Books, Colchester
External links
Clausilia bidentata at Animalbase taxonomy,short description, distribution, biology,status (threats), images
Fauna Europaea
Biolib
Habitas
Naturespot
Kata Kunci Pencarian:
- Clausilia bidentata
- Clausilia
- C. bidentata
- Ploučnice
- List of non-marine molluscs of Lithuania
- List of non-marine molluscs of Portugal
- List of non-marine molluscs of Spain
- List of non-marine molluscs of Ireland
- List of non-marine molluscs of Latvia
- List of non-marine molluscs of the Czech Republic
