Trochulus sericeus
| Trochulus sericeus | |
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| Trochulus sericeus | |
| 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 |
| Species: | T. sericeus |
| Binomial name | |
| Trochulus sericeus (Draparnaud, 1801)[1] | |
| Synonyms | |
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Trichia sericea (Draparnaud, 1801) | |
Trochulus sericeus is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Hygromiidae, the hairy snails and their allies.
Life cycle
The size of the egg is 1 mm.[2]
References
- ↑ Draparnaud J. P. R. 1801. Tableau des mollusques terrestres et fluviatiles de la France. pp. [1-2], 1-116. Montpellier, Paris. (Renaud; Bossange, Masson & Besson).
- ↑ 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.
Further reading
- Dépraz A., Hausser J, & Pfenninger M. (21 July) 2009. A species delimitation approach in the Trochulus sericeus/hispidus complex reveals two cryptic species within a sharp contact zone. BMC Evolutionary Biology 2009, 9:171. doi:10.1186/1471-2148-9-171
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