Eucobresia diaphana

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Eucobresia diaphana
Three shells of Eucobresia diaphana
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Heterobranchia
Order: Stylommatophora
Family: Vitrinidae
Genus: Eucobresia
Species:
E. diaphana
Binomial name
Eucobresia diaphana
(Draparnaud, 1805)

Eucobresia diaphana is a species of small air-breathing land snail or semi-slug in the terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk family Vitrinidae.

Habitat[edit]

This species lives in damp places, such as under leaves.

Shell description[edit]

The shell of this species is very delicate, translucent, and yellowish in color. It has a large aperture. The shell is about 7 millimeters long and 4.5 wide.

Distribution[edit]

This species is widespread and abundant in much of Europe, where it occurs in Austria, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, the Czech Republic (where it is mainly of least concern, but near threatened in Moravia),[2] France, Germany,[3] Italy, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Montenegro, the Netherlands, Poland, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, and Switzerland.[1]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b Neubert, E. (2011). "Eucobresia diaphana". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2011: e.T156347A4930967. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2011-1.RLTS.T156347A4930967.en. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
  2. ^ Juřičková, L., et al. 2001. Check-list of the molluscs (Mollusca) of the Czech Republic. Acta Soc. Zool. Bohem. 65: 25-40.
  3. ^ Ohrförmige Glasschnecke (Eucobresia diaphana). MollBase. 1991.