Eucobresia diaphana
Species of gastropod From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Eucobresia diaphana is a species of small air-breathing land snail or semi-slug in the terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk family Vitrinidae.
| Eucobresia diaphana | |
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| Three shells of Eucobresia diaphana | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Order: | Stylommatophora |
| Family: | Vitrinidae |
| Genus: | Eucobresia |
| Species: | E. diaphana |
| Binomial name | |
| Eucobresia diaphana (Draparnaud, 1805) | |
Habitat
This species lives in damp places, such as under leaves.
Shell description
The shell of this species is very delicate, translucent, and yellowish in color. It has a large aperture. The shell is about 7 millimeters long and 4.5 wide.
Distribution
This species is widespread and abundant in much of Europe, where it occurs in Austria, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, the Czech Republic (where it is mainly of least concern, but near threatened in Moravia),[2] France, Germany,[3] Italy, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Montenegro, the Netherlands, Poland, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, and Switzerland.[1]
References
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