Английская Википедия:Ashfordia granulata
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Ashfordia granulata, common name the "silky snail", is a species of medium-sized air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Hygromiidae, the hairy snails and their allies.
This species is sometimes placed in the genus Monacha and known as Monacha granulata.[1][2]
Distribution
This species is known to occur mainly in:
- Ireland
- Great Britain, England
with small populations in:
- France
- Spain
Description
The 5-7 × 7-9 mm shell is whitish to pale brown and thin, translucent, with fine straight hairs with bulbous bases. There are 5.5-6 convex whorls with deep suture. The aperture is simple with a thin lip or without a lip . It is reflected only at the columellar side. The umbilicus is very narrow and partly covered by the reflected columellar margin. The mantle is with black spots.[3]
Life cycle
The size of the egg is 1 mm.[4]
References
External links
- Ashfordia granulata at Animalbase taxonomy,short description, distribution, biology,status (threats), images
- Image from Habitas
- ↑ Шаблон:Cite web
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- ↑ Heller J.: Life History Strategies. in Barker G. M. (ed.): The biology of terrestrial molluscs. CABI Publishing, Oxon, UK, 2001, Шаблон:ISBN. 1-146, cited page: 428.
