Ashfordia granulata

Ashfordia granulata
Ashfordia granulata
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: Ashfordia
Species: A. granulata
Binomial name
Ashfordia granulata
(Alder, 1830)[1]

Ashfordia granulata, common name the "silky snail", is a species of medium-sized air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Hygromiidae, the hairy snails and their allies.

This species is sometimes placed in the genus Monacha and known as Monacha granulata.[2][3]

Description

Ashfordia granulata
(Cap Gris-Nez, France)

For terms see gastropod shell

The 5-7 x 7-9 mm shell is whitish to pale brown and thin, translucent, with fine straight hairs with bulbous bases.There are 5.5-6 convex whorls with deep suture. The aperture is simple with a thin lip or without a lip.It is reflected only at the columellar side. The umbilicus is very narrow and partly covered by the reflected columellar margin.Animal:Mantle with black spots.[4]

Distribution

This species is known to occur mainly in:

with small populations in:

Life cycle

The size of the egg is 1 mm.[5]

References

  1. ↑ Alder J. 1830. A catalogue of the land and fresh-water testaceous Mollusca found in the vicinity of Newcastle upon Tyne, with remarks. Transactions of the Natural History Society of Northumberland and Durham 1 (1): 26-41. London.
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  4. ↑ Animalbase (Welter-Schultes)
  5. ↑ Heller J.: Life History Strategies. in Barker G. M. (ed.): The biology of terrestrial molluscs. CABI Publishing, Oxon, UK, 2001, ISBN 0-85199-318-4. 1-146, cited page: 428.

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