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Species of gastropod

Ashfordia granulata
Conservation status

Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Stylommatophora
Family: Hygromiidae
Genus: Ashfordia
Species: A. granulata
Binomial name
Ashfordia granulata
(Alder, 1830)

Ashfordia granulata, common name the "silky snail", is a species of medium-sized air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Hygromiidae, the hairy snails and their allies.

This species is sometimes placed in the genus Monacha and known as Monacha granulata.

Distribution

This species is known to occur mainly in:

with small populations in:

  • France
  • Spain

Description

The 5-7 × 7-9 mm shell is whitish to pale brown and thin, translucent, with fine straight hairs with bulbous bases. There are 5.5-6 convex whorls with deep suture. The aperture is simple with a thin lip or without a lip . It is reflected only at the columellar side. The umbilicus is very narrow and partly covered by the reflected columellar margin. The mantle is with black spots.

Ashfordia granulata shell

Life cycle

The size of the egg is 1 mm.

References

  1. Alder J. 1830. A catalogue of the land and fresh-water testaceous Mollusca found in the vicinity of Newcastle upon Tyne, with remarks. Transactions of the Natural History Society of Northumberland and Durham 1 (1): 26-41. London.
  2. "Monacha granulata". zipcodezoo.com. Archived from the original on 10 February 2013. Retrieved 26 January 2022.
  3. "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-06-13. Retrieved 2008-12-25.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  4. "AnimalBase :: Ashfordia granulata species homepage". Animalbase.uni-goettingen.de. Retrieved 5 March 2022.
  5. Heller J.: Life History Strategies. in Barker G. M. (ed.): The biology of terrestrial molluscs. CABI Publishing, Oxon, UK, 2001, ISBN 0-85199-318-4. 1-146, cited page: 428.

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Taxon identifiers
Ashfordia granulata


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