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Vallonia tenuilabris

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Gastropoda

Family
  
Valloniidae

Scientific name
  
Vallonia tenuilabris

Phylum
  
Mollusca

Superfamily
  
Pupilloidea

Genus
  
Vallonia

Rank
  
Species

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Similar
  
Pupilla loessica, Columella columella, Vallonia, Pupilla muscorum, Vertigo genesii

Vallonia tenuilabris is a species of very small, air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk or micromollusk in the family Valloniidae.

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Distribution

Vallonia tenuilabris was described for the first time in the loess of Wiesbaden, Germany. It is only in the past few decades that its recent occurrence in Central Asia has been recognised.

Recent distribution of Vallonia tenuilabris include:

  • Central Asian highlands (Altai Mountains, Tien Shan, Pamir Mountains and Himalayas)
  • Northern Mongolia
  • from the Baikal region into Northern Asia, from Siberia to Altai, Karakorum and Yenisei.
  • North-eastern and north China including Xinjiang and Tibet.

    • Description

    The width of the shell is 3 mm. The height of the shell is 1.8 mm.

    Ecology

    Vallonia tenuilabris is adapted to the cold.

    References

    Vallonia tenuilabris Wikipedia
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