Kingdom Animalia Class Gastropoda Family Hygromiidae Scientific name Trochulus striolatus | Phylum Mollusca Superfamily Helicoidea Genus Trochulus Rank Species | |
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Similar Trochulus, Trochulus hispidus, Trochulus sericeus, Hygromia cinctella, Monacha cantiana | ||
Trochulus striolatus, previously known as Trichia striolata, common name the "strawberry snail," is a species of small, air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Hygromiidae.
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This species of snail uses love darts before mating.
Description
The 11-15 mm. shell is globular with a depressed, low, conical spire. The whorls are convex, with quite deep sutures.The last whorl is angled on the periphery. The colour is whitish to yellow-brown or red-brown with irregular growth lines and often a pale band on the angled periphery. The adult shell is hairless but bears scattered coarse hairs when juvenile.
Distribution
This snail is native to northwestern Europe, occurring in:
The distribution of the subspecies Trochulus striolatus danubialis is Danubian.