Biology:Auriculinella bidentata

Short description: Species of gastropod

Auriculinella bidentata
Auriculinella bidentata on the right and Myosotella myosotis on the left
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Heterobranchia clade Euthyneura clade Panpulmonata clade Eupulmonata
Superfamily:	Ellobioidea
Family:	Ellobiidae
Genus:	Auriculinella
Species:	A. bidentata
Binomial name
Auriculinella bidentata (Montagu, 1808)

Auriculinella bidentata is a species of small air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Ellobiidae.

Description

For terms see gastropod shell.

The shell is 5–7 mm. high x 2–4 mm.wide. It is either white or horny to reddish brown and the shell has 6-7 very weakly convex whorls. The last whorl is 75% of the shell height and the apex is pointed. The aperture has a white layer at the parietal side, the parietalis (the spiral ridge on the parietal region projecting into the interior of the shell) is usually strong. The columellaris (or internal lip of the shell aperture) is moderately or indistinctly developed. There is no umbilicus.

Biology

This species of snail is semi-marine in habitat.

a shell of Auriculinella bidentata

Distribution

This species is found on the coasts of the eastern Atlantic Ocean:

• Belgium
• France
• Great Britain
• Ireland
• The Netherlands

and the Mediterranean Sea:

• Turkey

Common name

The two-toothed white snail.

External links

• Leucophytia bidentata at Animalbase taxonomy, short description, distribution, biology, status (threats), images
• IUCN Red List
• Image of live animal

Wikidata ☰ Q3237092 entry