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Acanthinula aculeata
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Acanthinula aculeata is a species of minute, air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod molluskor micromollusk in the family Valloniidae.
Description[edit]
For terms see gastropod shell.
The 1.9-2.1 mm. shell is slightly higher than wide and brown in colour. The periostracum bears ribs ( elevated, radial ridges) with characteristic spines. The aperture is circular.The animal is grey on the dorsum and tentacles.The foot and sole margin are white.[2]
Distribution[edit]
This species is found in Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, Estonia, Poland, the Netherlands, Slovakia, Great Britain, Ireland, Ukraine[3] and elsewhere.
References[edit]
- ^ Müller O. F. (1774). Vermivm terrestrium et fluviatilium, seu animalium infusoriorum, helminthicorum, et testaceorum, non marinorum, succincta historia. Volumen alterum. pp. I-XXVI [= 1-36], 1-214, [1-10]. Havniæ & Lipsiæ. (Heineck & Faber).
- ^ Animalbase (Welter-Schultes)
- ^ Balashov I. & Gural-Sverlova N. 2012. An annotated checklist of the terrestrial molluscs of Ukraine. Journal of Conchology. 41 (1): 91-109.
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This species is recorded from all the islands of the Azores, except Corvo.
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This species is recorded from all the islands of the Azores, except Corvo.
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Habitat and Ecology
Systems
- Terrestrial
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Habitat and Ecology
Systems
- Terrestrial
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Specimens with Barcodes: 1
Species With Barcodes: 1
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Specimens with Barcodes: 1
Species With Barcodes: 1
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