Rank Species | Superfamily Gastrodontoidea Subfamily Oxychilinae Scientific name Oxychilus draparnaudi Higher classification Oxychilus | |
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Similar Oxychilus, Oxychilus cellarius, Oxychilidae, Oxyloma elegans, Vallonia costata | ||
Oxychilus draparnaudi beck 1837 dark bodied glass snail
Oxychilus draparnaudi is a species of small land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Oxychilidae, the glass snails.
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- Oxychilus draparnaudi beck 1837 dark bodied glass snail
- Shell description
- Anatomy
- Distribution
- References
Oxychilus draparnaudi beck 1837 dark bodied glass snail
Shell description
Oxychilus draparnaudi is large for a zonitid glass snail, also called the dark bodied glass snail with a shell of about 14 mm in maximum dimension. The shell is glossy and is a translucent yellowish-brown in color, somewhat whiter underneath.
Anatomy
The visible soft parts of the animal are a very unusual strong dark blue, mixed with grey.
Distribution
This species occurs in countries and islands including:
References
Oxychilus draparnaudi Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA