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Species of gastropod From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Pupilla triplicata is a species of minute air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk or micromollusk in the family Pupillidae.
Pupilla triplicata | |
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Six shells of Pupilla triplicata, scale bar in mm | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Order: | Stylommatophora |
Family: | Pupillidae |
Genus: | Pupilla |
Species: | P. triplicata |
Binomial name | |
Pupilla triplicata | |
Synonyms | |
Glischrus (Pupa) triplicata Studer, 1820 |
The distribution of this species is in Central and Southern Europe[2] and includes Southern Europe from the Pyrenees to the Alps, the Carpathians, Crimea, Northern Turkey, Transcaucasia and Central Asia to Lake Baikal.[3]
The species occurs in a number of countries including:
Pupilla triplicata has a scattered distribution, and populations in lower altitudes are threatened by habitat destruction.[3]
The shell of Pupilla triplicata is much smaller than Pupilla sterrii and the other Pupilla species.[3] The structure of the surface is finer.[3] Whorls are convex.[3] The cervical callus is present but not extremely strong.[3] There are usually 3 teeth in the aperture.[3]
The height of the shell is 2.2-2.8 (up to 4) mm.[3] The width of the shell is 1.4 mm (shell diameter should not exceed 1.4 mm).[3]
Pupilla triplicata lives in grass near limestone rocks, in dry and sunny habitats, often in limestone rock rubble with xerophilous vegetation.[3] It lives mainly between 300 and 1000 m, and in Switzerland up to 2600 m in altitude.[3]
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