Kingdom Animalia Class Gastropoda Family Succineidae Scientific name Oxyloma retusum | Phylum Mollusca Superfamily Succineoidea Genus Oxyloma Rank Species | |
Similar Kanab ambersnail, Novisuccinea ovalis, Oxyloma, Punctum minutissimum, Gastrocopta pentodon | ||
Oxyloma retusum, common name the blunt ambersnail, is a species of small land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk belonging to the family Succineidae.
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Distribution
This species occurs in North America.
Biology
This snail eats dead and green plants in the summer, and only dead plants during the winter.
References
Oxyloma retusum Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA