Kingdom Animalia Superfamily Pupilloidea Genus Acanthinula Phylum Mollusca | Class Gastropoda Family Valloniidae Scientific name Acanthinula aculeata Rank Species | |
 | ||
Similar Acanthinula, Vallonia costata, Punctum pygmaeum, Vallonia pulchella, Columella edentula | ||
Acanthinula aculeata is a species of minute, air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod molluskor micromollusk in the family Valloniidae.
Contents
Description
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.
Distribution
This species is found in Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, Estonia, Poland, the Netherlands, Slovakia, Great Britain, Ireland, Ukraine and elsewhere.
References
Acanthinula aculeata Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA