Urticicola umbrosus
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| An apical view of a shell of Urticicola umbrosus | |
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| A basal view of the shell | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Heterobranchia |
| Order: | Stylommatophora |
| Family: | Hygromiidae |
| Genus: | Urticicola |
| Species: | U. umbrosus
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| Binomial name | |
| Urticicola umbrosus (C. Pfeiffer, 1828)[2]
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Urticicola umbrosus is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Hygromiidae, the hairy snails and their allies.[3][4]
Description[edit]
The height of the shell varies between 5.5 mm and 7 mm; its width varies between 10 mm and 13 mm.
The thin shell is fragile and translucent. It is turbinately globose, closely wound. The spire has a flat and conical shape. It contains 5½ whorls. The periphery of the last one shows a blunt ridge, that disappears before it reaches the aperture. The aperture is obliquely lunate. The umbilicus is very wide and measures about half the width of the shell.
Distribution[edit]
This species occurs primarily in mountain forests in Austria, Germany, Italy, Switzerland and Slovenia.
References[edit]
- ^ IUCN 2011. 2022 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Retrieved 22 February 2022.
- ^ Pfeiffer, C. 1828. Naturgeschichte deutscher Land- und Süsswasser-Mollusken. Dritte Abtheilung. – pp. I-VI [= 1-6], 1-84, Taf. I-VIII [= 1-8]. Weimar. (Landes-Industrie-Comptoir).
- ^ Fauna Europaea: Urticicola umbrosus
- ^ MolluscaBase eds. (2023). MolluscaBase. Urticicola umbrosus (C. Pfeiffer, 1828). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1002505 on 2023-01-17
- Bank, R. A.; Neubert, E. (2017). Checklist of the land and freshwater Gastropoda of Europe. Last update: July 16, 2017
- Sysoev, A. V. & Schileyko, A. A. (2009). Land snails and slugs of Russia and adjacent countries. Sofia/Moskva (Pensoft). 312 pp., 142 plates.
External links[edit]
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