Trochoidea elegans

Trochoidea elegans is a species of European air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Hygromiidae, the hairy snails and their allies.[1][2][3]

Trochoidea elegans

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 Sigmurethra
Superfamily:
Helicoidea
Family:
Hygromiidae
Genus:
Trochoidea
Species:
T. elegans
Binomial name
Trochoidea elegans
(Gmelin, 1791)

Distribution

This species is known to occur in a number of European countries and islands including:[1][2][3]

  • Great Britain
  • France
  • Belgium
  • Germany
  • Spain
  • Italy, including Sardinia

References
  1. Gargominy, O. (2013). "Trochoidea elegans". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2013. Retrieved 13 August 2014.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
  2. "Taxon Details: Trochoidea (Trochoidea) elegans (Gmelin 1791)". Fauna Europaea. Retrieved 14 August 2014.
  3. Welter Schultes, F. "Species summary for Trochoidea elegans". AnimalBase. SUB Göttingen. Retrieved 14 August 2014.
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