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Auriculinella bidentata

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Superfamily
  
Ellobioidea

Genus
  
Auriculinella

Higher classification
  
Auriculinella

Phylum
  
Mollusca

Family
  
Ellobiidae

Scientific name
  
Leucophytia bidentata

Rank
  
Species

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Similar
  
Ellobiidae, Myosotella myosotis, Myosotella denticulata, Carychium, Truncatella subcylindrica

Auriculinella bidentata is a species of small air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Ellobiidae.

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Description

For terms see gastropod shell.

The shell is 5-7 mm. high x 2-4 mm.wide. It is either white or horny to reddish brown and the shell has 6-7 very weakly convex whorls.The last whorl is 75% of the shell height and the apex is pointed.The aperture has a white layer at the parietal side, the parietalis (the spiral ridge on the parietal region projecting into the interior of the shell) is usually strong.The columellaris (or internal lip of the shell aperture) is moderately or indistinctly developed. There is no umbilicus.

Biology

This species of snail is semi-marine in habitat.

Distribution

This species is found on the coasts of the eastern Atlantic Ocean:

  • Belgium
  • France
  • Great Britain
  • Ireland
  • The Netherlands
  • and the Mediterranean Sea:

  • Turkey
  • Common name

    The two-toothed white snail.

    References

    Auriculinella bidentata Wikipedia


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