Hystricella bicarinata

Hystricella bicarinata
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: Hystricella
Species: H. bicarinata
Binomial name
Hystricella bicarinata
(Sowerby, 1824)
Synonyms

Discula bicarinata

Hystricella bicarinata is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Hygromiidae, the hairy snails and their allies. Two subspecies are recognised, one extant and one known only as a fossil.

This species is endemic to Madeira,on the island of Porto Santo in Portugal. They are terrestrial and are found under rocks in grasslands. They have a very limited range, confined to about ten square kilometers but are abundant within that area.

References

  1. Mollusc Specialist Group (1996). Discula bicarinata. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 6 August 2007.
  2. Mollusc Specialist Group (1996). "Hystricella bicarinata". In: IUCN 2010. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2010.1. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 15 June 2010.
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