Abida secale

Abida secale is a species of small air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusc in the family Chondrinidae.

Abida secale
Eight shells of Abida secale
scale bar in mm

Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Heterobranchia clade Euthyneura
clade Panpulmonata
clade Eupulmonata
clade Stylommatophora
informal group Orthurethra
Superfamily:
Pupilloidea
Family:
Chondrinidae
Genus:
Abida
Species:
A. secale
Binomial name
Abida secale

Distribution

The distribution of this species is Western European and Alpine regions.[3]

This species is known to occur in a number of Western European countries and islands including:

Habitat

This species only occurs on calcareous rocks.

Subspecies

This species has a number of named subspecies:

  • Abida secale secale
  • Abida secale cadiensis Gittenberger, 1973
  • Abida secale lilietensis (Bofill, 1886)
  • Abida secale margaridae Bech, 1988
  • Abida secale branopsis (Bofill, 1886)
  • Abida secale vilellai Kokshoorn & Gittenberger, 2010[4]
  • Abida secale peteri Kokshoorn & Gittenberger, 2010[4]
  • Abida secale merijni Kokshoorn & Gittenberger, 2010[4]
  • Abida secale ionicae Kokshoorn & Gittenberger, 2010[4]
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References
  1. Pall-Gergely, B. (2013). "Abida secale". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2013. Retrieved 18 June 2014.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
  2. Draparnaud J. P. R. (1801). Tableau des mollusques terrestres et fluviatiles de la France. pp. [1-2], 1-116. Montpellier, Paris. (Renaud; Bossange, Masson & Besson).
  3. (in Slovak) Lisický M. J. (1991). Mollusca Slovenska [The Slovak molluscs]. VEDA vydavateľstvo Slovenskej akadémie vied, Bratislava, 344 pp.
  4. Kokshoorn B. & Gittenberger E. (2010). "Chondrinidae taxonomy revisited: new synonymies, new taxa, and a checklist of species and subspecies (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Pulmonata)". Zootaxa 2539: 1-62. 22 plates. preview.
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