Eucobresia diaphana

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

Eucobresia diaphana
Three shells of Eucobresia diaphana

Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
Infraorder:
Stylommatophora
(unranked):
clade Euthyneura
clade Panpulmonata
clade Eupulmonata
clade Stylommatophora
informal group Sigmurethra
clade Limacoid clade
Superfamily:
Limacoidea
Family:
Vitrinidae
Genus:
Eucobresia
Species:
E. diaphana
Binomial name
Eucobresia diaphana
(Draparnaud, 1805)

Habitat

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

Shell description

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

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]

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References
  1. Neubert, E. 2011. Eucobresia diaphana. In: IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2012.2. Downloaded on 21 June 2013.
  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.


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