Trochulus caelatus

Trochulus caelatus
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
Subgenus: Trochulus
Species: T. caelatus
Binomial name
Trochulus caelatus
(Studer, 1820)
Synonyms

Trichia caelata

Trochulus caelatus is a species of small, air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Hygromiidae, the hairy snails and their allies.

Distribution

This species is endemic to the northwestern Jura Mountains, Switzerland.[2]

References

  1. Mollusc Specialist Group 1996. Trichia caelata. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 7 August 2007.
  2. G. F. J. ARMBRUSTER, C. ALVAREZ, M. PESARO and B. BAUR (November 2007) "Polymorphic microsatellite DNA markers in the endangered land snail, Trichia caelata (Gastropoda, Stylommatophora)". Molecular Ecology Notes 7(6): 1123-1124. doi:10.1111/j.1471-8286.2007.01801.x

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