Biology:Perforatella bidentata

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Short description: Species of gastropod

Perforatella bidentata
Perforatella bidentata (MNHN-IM-2010-13211).jpeg
Shell of Perforatella bidentata (specimen at MNHN, Paris)
NE[1]
Scientific classification
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Animalia
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P. bidentata
Binomial name
Perforatella bidentata
(Gmelin, 1791)[2]
Synonyms
  • Helix (Conulus) bidens Chemnitz (unavailable name: published in a work rejected by ICZN direction 1)
  • Helix bidentata Gmelin, 1791
  • Perforatella (Perforatella) bidentata (Gmelin, 1791)

Perforatella bidentata is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Hygromiidae, the hairy snails and their allies.[3]

Life cycle

The size of the egg is 1.7 × 2 mm.[4]

This species of snail makes and uses love darts during mating.

Distribution

This species is known to occur in:

  • Ukraine[5]
  • France

References

  1. IUCN 2007. 2007 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 4 October 2008.
  2. Gmelin J. F. [1791]. Caroli a Linné, systema naturae. Tom. I. Pars VI. - pp. 3021–3910. [Lipsiae]. ([G. E. Beer]).
  3. MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Perforatella bidentata (Gmelin, 1791). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=292689 on 2021-12-25
  4. Heller J.: Life History Strategies. in Barker G. M. (ed.): The biology of terrestrial molluscs. CABI Publishing, Oxon, UK, 2001, ISBN:0-85199-318-4. 1-146, cited page: 428.
  5. Balashov I. & Gural-Sverlova N. 2012. An annotated checklist of the terrestrial molluscs of Ukraine. Journal of Conchology. 41 (1): 91-109.
  • 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

Wikidata ☰ Q3198792 entry