Trochoidea elegans

Trochoidea elegans
Conservation status
	; Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Heterobranchia
Order:	Stylommatophora
Family:	Geomitridae
Genus:	Trochoidea
Species:	T. elegans
Binomial name
	Trochoidea elegans; (Gmelin, 1791)
Synonyms
	Helix elegans Gmelin, 1791 (original combination); Trochoidea scitula G.J. De Cristofori & G. Jan, 1832; Trochoidea solarium A. Risso, 1826; Trochoidea terrestris E. Donovan, 1801; Trochoidea trochillus J.L.M. Poiret, 1789; Trochoidea trochlea L. Pfeiffer, 1846; Trochoidea (Trochoidea) elegans (Gmelin, 1791) alternate representation;

Trochoidea elegans is a species of European air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Geomitridae, the hairy snails and their allies.^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4]

Distribution[edit]

This species is known to occur in a number of European countries and islands including:^[1]^[2]^[3]

^ ^a ^b ^c Gargominy, O. (2011). "Trochoidea elegans". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2011: e.T156727A4988705. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2011-1.RLTS.T156727A4988705.en. Retrieved 13 November 2021.
^ ^a ^b "Taxon Details: Trochoidea (Trochoidea) elegans (Gmelin 1791)". Fauna Europaea. Archived from the original on August 14, 2014. Retrieved 14 August 2014.
^ ^a ^b Welter Schultes, F. "Species summary for Trochoidea elegans". AnimalBase. SUB Göttingen. Retrieved 14 August 2014.
^ MolluscaBase eds. (2022). MolluscaBase. Trochoidea elegans (Gmelin, 1791). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=426413 on 2022-08-05

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