Biology:Oxyloma sarsii

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Short description: Species of gastropod

Oxyloma sarsii
Oxyloma-sarsii 01.jpg
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Heterobranchia
Order: Stylommatophora
Family: Succineidae
Genus: Oxyloma
Species:
O. sarsii
Binomial name
Oxyloma sarsii
(Esmark & Hoyer, 1886)

Oxyloma sarsii is a species of small European land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk belonging to the family Succineidae, the amber snails.

Description

Only reliably separated from the very similar Oxyloma elegans by dissection

Distribution

This species is known to occur in a number of European countries and islands including:

  • Great Britain
  • Ireland
  • Netherlands
  • Poland
  • Bulgaria[1]
  • Ukraine[2]
  • and other areas

Habitat

This snail lives at the water line, at the edges of rivers and lakes.

References

  1. Georgiev D. G. (2006). "Two new species from the family Succineidae (Beck, 1837) (Gastropoda: Pulmonata) to the fauna of Bulgaria". Scientific Studies of the University of Plovdiv, Biology, Animalia 41: 7-11. PDF.
  2. Balashov I. & Gural-Sverlova N. 2012. An annotated checklist of the terrestrial molluscs of Ukraine. Journal of Conchology. 41 (1): 91-109.

External links

  • Oxyloma sarsii at Animalbase taxonomy,short description, distribution, biology,status (threats), images

Wikidata ☰ Q3203129 entry