Chondrina arcadica | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Order: | Stylommatophora |
Family: | Chondrinidae |
Genus: | Chondrina |
Species: | C. arcadica
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Binomial name | |
Chondrina arcadica (Reinhardt, 1881)
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Synonyms | |
Chondrina arcadica is a species of small air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk belonging to the family Chondrinidae.[2] This species is also known under the synonym Chondrina arcadica clienta (Westerlund 1883).[3]
The species is found South Europe and Sweden.[2]
Subspecies:[4]
The shell of this species is slender, greyish brown to reddish brown. It is conical-ovoid in shape with 7 to 7+1⁄2 whorls. The shell is slightly translucent and shows regular axial lines. There is some microgeographical variation in its shell size. The apertural margin is slightly widened, and has a thin, whitish lip. There are strong, angular teeth along the aperture.
The distribution of this species is Alpine and southeastern-European.[5] but this snail can occur as far north as on the Baltic island of Öland, southern Sweden. The snails can be found on exposed limestone rocks to a height of about 2,500 m.
This species occurs in:
Chondrina clienta feeds on calcicolous lichens.