Oxychilus_navarricus
Oxychilus navarricus
Species of gastropod
Oxychilus navarricus, before 2002 known as Oxychilus helveticus (Blum, 1881), is a species of small air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Oxychilidae, the glass snails.
| Oxychilus navarricus | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Heterobranchia |
| Order: | Stylommatophora |
| Family: | Oxychilidae |
| Genus: | Oxychilus |
| Species: | O. navarricus |
| Binomial name | |
| Oxychilus navarricus (Bourguignat, 1870)[1] | |
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For terms see gastropod shell.
The 4.5-6 x 7-13 mm shell is thin and a light horny yellowish colour. It is whitish near the umbilicus and very shiny, almost smooth. The outline is almost globulous. There are 4.5-6 weakly convex whorls with weak suture. The last whorl width is 1.5 x or less of the preceding whorl which is well rounded at lower side. The umbilicus is not very wide, 1/8-1/7 of diameter. Genitalia: internal ornamentation of proximal penis consisting of more than seven longitudinal pleats, sometimes straight and distinct, sometimes wavy, slender and connected by lateral projections giving a reticulate appearance.[3]
This species is known to occur in a number of countries and islands including:
- Great Britain
- Ireland
- The Netherlands
- Switzerland
- Canada - introduced
- and other areas
- Bourguignat J. R. 1870. Mollusques nouveaux, litigieux ou peu connus. Revue et Magasin de Zoologie Pure et Appliquée et de Sériciculture Comparée (2) 22: 14-30, 87-97, 166-171. Paris.
- Blum J. 1881. Schnecken vom Weissenstein bei Solothurn. Nachrichtsblatt der Deutschen Malakozoologischen Gesellschaft 13 (10): 138-141. Frankfurt am Main.
- Oxychilus navarricus at AnimalBase taxonomy, short description, distribution, biology,status (threats), images
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