Biology:Abida vergniesiana

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Short description: Species of gastropod

Abida vergniesiana
Abida vergniesiana (MNHN-IM-2010-13026).jpeg
Shell of Abida vergniesiana (specimen at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Heterobranchia
Order: Stylommatophora
Family: Chondrinidae
Genus: Abida
Species:
A. vergniesiana
Binomial name
Abida vergniesiana
(Küster, 1847)
Synonyms
  • Abida pyrenaearia vergniesiana (Küster, 1847)
  • Pupa provida Westerlund, 1902
  • Pupa vergniesiana Küster, 1847[2][3]

Abida vergniesiana is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusc in the family Chondrinidae.[1][2][3]

Geographic distribution

The native distribution of A. vergniesiana is restricted to France , where it occurs in the upper Garonne catchment in Ariège, and Andorra.[1]

Ecology

A. vergniesiana is a rock-dwelling species of land snail. It lives on limestone.[1]

See also

  • List of non-marine molluscs of Metropolitan France
  • List of non-marine molluscs of Andorra

References

Wikidata ☰ Q14621504 entry