Kingdom Animalia Superfamily Helicoidea Subfamily Hygromiinae Scientific name Zenobiella subrufescens Rank Species | Class Gastropoda Family Hygromiidae Tribe Hygromiini Phylum Mollusca | |
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Similar Hygromiidae, Ashfordia granulata, Hygromia, Euomphalia, Hygromia limbata | ||
Zenobiella subrufescens is a species of small air-breathing land snail, a pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Hygromiidae.
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Zenobiella subrufescens is the only species in the genus Zenobiella.
Description
For terms see gastropod shell
The 4-6 x 6-10 mm shell has 4.5-5 convex whorls with moderate suture. It is slightly shouldered above the periphery, the aperture is usually without a lip inside and the umbilicus is very narrow, and partly covered by the reflected columellar margin.The shell is pale brown, very finely striated, thin and transparent.
Distribution
This species is known to occur in:
Life cycle
The size of the egg is 1.5 × 1 mm.
References
Zenobiella subrufescens Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA