Urticicola umbrosus
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| An apical view of a shell of Urticicola umbrosus | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Order: | Stylommatophora |
| Family: | Hygromiidae |
| Genus: | Urticicola |
| Species: | U. umbrosus |
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| Urticicola umbrosus (C. Pfeiffer, 1828)[2] | |
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Urticicola umbrosus is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Hygromiidae, the hairy snails and their allies.[3][4]
Description
The height of the shell varies between 5.5 and 7 mm (0.22 and 0.28 in) its width varies between 10 and 13 mm (0.39 and 0.51 in).
The thin shell is fragile and translucent. It is turbinately globose, closely wound. The spire has a flat and conical shape. It contains 5½ whorls. The periphery of the last one shows a blunt ridge, that disappears before it reaches the aperture. The aperture is obliquely lunate. The umbilicus is very wide and measures about half the width of the shell.
Distribution
This species occurs primarily in mountain forests in Austria, Germany, Italy, Switzerland and Slovenia.
References
- ↑ Páll-Gergely, B. (2025). "Urticicola umbrosus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2025 e.T157235A220223479. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2025-2.RLTS.T157235A220223479.en. Retrieved 10 May 2026.
- ↑ Pfeiffer, C. (1828). Naturgeschichte deutscher Land- und Süsswasser-Mollusken. Dritte Abtheilung (in German). Weimar: Landes-Industrie-Comptoir. pp. I-VI [= 1-6], 1–84, Taf. I-VIII [= 1-8].
- ↑ "Urticicola umbrosus". Fauna Europaea. Archived from the original on 12 November 2016.
- ↑ 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. (2023). "Urticicola umbrosus (C. Pfeiffer, 1828)". MolluscaBase. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 17 January 2023.
- Bank, R. A.; Neubert, E. (16 July 2017), Checklist of the land and freshwater Gastropoda of Europe
{{citation}}: CS1 maint: date and year (link) - Sysoev, A. V.; Schileyko, A. A. (2009). Land snails and slugs of Russia and adjacent countries. Sofia/Moskva: Pensoft. pp. 312 pp., 142 plates.
External links
- Pfeiffer, C. Naturgeschichte deutscher Land- und Süsswasser-Mollusken (in German). Vol. 1821–1828. Weimar.