Candidula unifasciata
| Candidula unifasciata | |
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| Two live individuals of Candidula unifasciata | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Order: | Stylommatophora |
| Family: | Geomitridae |
| Genus: | Candidula |
| Species: | C. unifasciata |
| Binomial name | |
| Candidula unifasciata | |
| Synonyms | |
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Candidula unifasciata is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Geomitridae.[4]
- Subspecies
- Candidula unifasciata acosmia (Bourguignat, 1882)
- Candidula unifasciata soosiana (H. Wagner, 1933)
- Candidula unifasciata unifasciata (Poiret, 1801)
- Candidula unifasciata vincae (De Stefani, 1883)
Distribution

This species occurs in European countries and islands including:
- Great Britain
- Netherlands
- France[5]
- Switzerland[5]
- Austria
- Germany[5]
- Poland
- Czech Republic
- Slovakia - in Slovakia it was recognized under the name Candidula soosiana[3]
References
- ↑ Páll-Gergely, B. (2025). "Candidula unifasciata". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2025 e.T156810A220191681. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2025-2.RLTS.T156810A220191681.en. Retrieved 9 April 2026.
- ↑ Poiret J. L. (1801). Coquilles fluviatiles et terrestres observées dans le département de l'Aisne et aux environs de Paris (in French). Paris. (Barrois, Soissons): Prodrome. pp. i-xi [1-11], 1–119.
- 1 2 Čejka T.; Dvořák L.; Horsák M.; Šteffek J. (2007). "Checklist of molluscs (Mollusca) in the Slovak Republic". Folia Malacologica. 15 (2): 49–58. doi:10.12657/folmal.015.005.
- ↑ Bieler R, Bouchet P, Gofas S, Marshall B, Rosenberg G, La Perna R, Neubauer TA, Sartori AF, Schneider S, Vos C, ter Poorten JJ, Taylor J, Dijkstra H, Finn J, Bank R, Neubert E, Moretzsohn F, Faber M, Houart R, Picton B, Garcia-Alvarez O, eds. (2020). "Candidula unifasciata (Poiret, 1801)". MolluscaBase. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 25 July 2020.
- 1 2 3 Pfenninger M.; Posada D. (2002). "Phylogeographic history of the land snail Candidula unifasciata (Helicellinae, Stylommatophora): Fragmentation, corridor migration, and secondary contact". Evolution. 56 (9): 1776–1788. doi:10.1111/j.0014-3820.2002.tb00191.x. PMID 12389722 – via PubMed.
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- Studer, S. (1820). Kurzes Verzeichnis der bis jetzt in unserm Vaterlande entdeckten Conchylien. Naturwissenschaftlicher Anzeiger der Allgemeinen Schweizerischen Gesellschaft für die Gesammten Naturwissenschaften, 3 (11): 83–90; (12): 91–94. Bern
- Alten, J. W. von. (1812). Systematische Abhandlung über die Erd- und Flußconchylien welche um Augsburg und der umliegenden Gegend gefunden werden. I-XVI, 1–120, Tab. I-XIV.
- Provoost, S.; Bonte, D. (Ed.) (2004). Animated dunes: a view of biodiversity at the Flemish coast [Levende duinen: een overzicht van de biodiversiteit aan de Vlaamse kust]. Mededelingen van het Instituut voor Natuurbehoud, 22. Instituut voor Natuurbehoud: Brussel, Belgium. ISBN 90-403-0205-7. 416, ill., appendices pp.
- Kerney, M.P., Cameron, R.A.D. & Jungbluth, J-H. (1983). Die Landschnecken Nord- und Mitteleuropas. Ein Bestimmungsbuch für Biologen und Naturfreunde, 384 pp., 24 plates
External links
Media related to Candidula unifasciata at Wikimedia Commons- http://www.animalbase.uni-goettingen.de/zooweb/servlet/AnimalBase/home/species?id=1305
- Poiret, J. L. M. (1801). Coquilles fluviatiles et terrestres observées dans le Département de l'Aisne et aux environs de Paris : prodrome. xi + 119 pp
- Chueca, L. J., Schell, T. & Pfenninger, M. (2021). Whole-genome re-sequencing data to infer historical demography and speciation processes in land snails: the study of two Candidula sister species. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B. 376: 20200156
