Oxychilus draparnaudi | |
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Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Heterobranchia |
Order: | Stylommatophora |
Family: | Oxychilidae |
Genus: | Oxychilus |
Species: | O. draparnaudi
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Binomial name | |
Oxychilus draparnaudi (
Beck, 1837)
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Oxychilus draparnaudi, or Draparnaud's glass snail, [1] is a species of small land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusc in the family Oxychilidae, the glass snails. [2]
Oxychilus draparnaudi is large for a zonitid glass snail, also called the dark-bodied glass snail with a shell of about 14 mm in maximum dimension. The shell is glossy and is a translucent yellowish-brown and gold in color, somewhat whiter underneath. [3]
The visible soft parts of the animal are a very unusual strong dark blue, mixed with grey. [3]
This species occurs in countries and islands including:
and other areas
Synonyms include Oxychilus drapanaldi, Oxychilus lucidum, Helix lucida, Helix nitida, Helicella draparnaldi, and Polita draparnaldi. [5]
Oxychilus draparnaudi | |
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Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Heterobranchia |
Order: | Stylommatophora |
Family: | Oxychilidae |
Genus: | Oxychilus |
Species: | O. draparnaudi
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Binomial name | |
Oxychilus draparnaudi (
Beck, 1837)
|
Oxychilus draparnaudi, or Draparnaud's glass snail, [1] is a species of small land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusc in the family Oxychilidae, the glass snails. [2]
Oxychilus draparnaudi is large for a zonitid glass snail, also called the dark-bodied glass snail with a shell of about 14 mm in maximum dimension. The shell is glossy and is a translucent yellowish-brown and gold in color, somewhat whiter underneath. [3]
The visible soft parts of the animal are a very unusual strong dark blue, mixed with grey. [3]
This species occurs in countries and islands including:
and other areas
Synonyms include Oxychilus drapanaldi, Oxychilus lucidum, Helix lucida, Helix nitida, Helicella draparnaldi, and Polita draparnaldi. [5]