Kingdom Animalia Superfamily Helicoidea Genus Ashfordia Phylum Mollusca | Class Gastropoda Family Hygromiidae Scientific name Ashfordia granulata Rank Species | |
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Similar Zenobiella subrufescens, Hygromia limbata, Hygromia, Hygromia cinctella, Monacha cantiana | ||
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.
Contents
This species is sometimes placed in the genus Monacha and known as Monacha granulata.
Distribution
This species is known to occur mainly in:
with small populations in:
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.
Life cycle
The size of the egg is 1 mm.