Fruticicola fruticum
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F. fruticum
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Fruticicola fruticum is a species of medium-sized, air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusc in the family Bradybaenidae.
Shell description
The shell of this species is globular with a deep umbilicus. The shell color is whitish or brownish.
The maximum shell dimension is about 22 millimetres (0.87 in).
Distribution
Europe (until recently including the southeastern part of British Isles, where it was probably introduced.)
- Austria[3]
- Bulgaria
- Czech Republic - least concern (LC)[4][5]
- Germany[6][7]
- Great Britain - extinct[8]
- Netherlands
- Poland
- Slovakia
- Ukraine[9]
Life cycle
The size of the egg is 1.9 millimetres (0.075 in).[10]
This species of snail makes and uses love darts during mating.
References
- ↑ 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Cited 13 March 2007.
- ↑ Müller O. F. 1774. Vermivm terrestrium et fluviatilium, seu animalium infusoriorum, helminthicorum, et testaceorum, non marinorum, succincta historia. Volumen alterum. pp. I-XXVI [= 1-36], 1-214, [1-10]. Havniae & Lipsiae. (Heineck & Faber).
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ Juřičková L., Horsák M. & Beran L., 2001: Check-list of the molluscs (Mollusca) of the Czech Republic. Acta Soc. Zool. Bohem., 65: 25-40.
- ↑ Check-list of the molluscs (Mollusca) of the Czech Republic Retrieved April 13, 2007
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- ↑ MollBase - Fruticicola fruticum - Genabelte Strauchschnecke - Atlas 1991 Retrieved April 13, 2007 (German)
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ Balashov I. & Gural-Sverlova N. 2012. An annotated checklist of the terrestrial molluscs of Ukraine. Journal of Conchology. 41 (1): 91-109.
- ↑ Heller J.: Life History Strategies. in Barker G. M. (ed.): The biology of terrestrial molluscs. CABI Publishing, Oxon, UK, 2001, ISBN 0-85199-318-4. 1-146, cited page: 428.
