Biology:Oxyloma retusum

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Short description: Species of gastropod

Oxyloma retusum
Oxyloma retusum shell

Secure (NatureServe)[1]
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Heterobranchia
Order: Stylommatophora
Family: Succineidae
Genus: Oxyloma
Species:
O. retusum
Binomial name
Oxyloma retusum
(Lea, 1834)
Synonyms
  • Oxyloma retusa (Lea, 1834)
  • Succinea calumetensis Calkins, 1878
  • Succinea higginsi Tryon, 1866
  • Succinea higginsi Bland, 1866
  • Succinea retusa I. Lea, 1834

Oxyloma retusum,[2] common name the blunt ambersnail, is a species of small land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk belonging to the family Succineidae.

Distribution

This species occurs in North America.

Biology

This snail eats dead and green plants in the summer, and only dead plants during the winter.[3]

References

  1. ↑ NatureServe. "Oxyloma retusum" (in en). Arlington, Virginia. https://explorer.natureserve.org/Taxon/ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.115876/. 
  2. ↑ Örstan A. (2010). "Reproductive biology and annual population cycle of Oxyloma retusum (Pulmonata: Succineidae)". Amer. Malac. Bull. 28: 113-120. PDF.
  3. ↑ Örstan A. (2006). "Natural diet of Oxyloma retusa (Pulmonata: Succineidae)". Triton 13: 36-37. PDF.

Wikidata ☰ Q3074262 entry




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