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Pupilla sterrii

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Species of gastropod

Pupilla sterrii
Shell of Pupilla sterrii (specimen at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Stylommatophora
Family: Pupillidae
Genus: Pupilla
Species: P. sterrii
Binomial name
Pupilla sterrii
(Forster & Voith, 1840)
Synonyms

Pupa Sterrii Forster & Voith, 1840

Pupilla sterrii is a species of minute air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk or micromollusk in the family Pupillidae.

Distribution

This species has a scattered distribution and occurs in a number of areas including Eurasia: the Alps and Carpathians to Turkey and NW China

In lower altitudes the species is threatened by continuous habitat destructions.

Description

The shell is light horny coloured, weathering grey, finely ribbed. Whorls are strongly convex with deep suture. The aperture is with 2 teeth.

The height of the shell is 2.8-3.5 mm. The width of the shell is 1.6 mm.

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Photo of the shell Pupilla sterrii

Ecology

Pupilla sterrii lives in grass in very dry and sunny areas of limestone rock, between stones, and on dry meadows on calcareous substrate. In north Italy it occurs up to 2800 m.

This species is Ovoviviparous.

References

This article incorporates public domain text from the reference.

  1. Forster F. (1840). Animalia mollusca. Mit Anmerkungen von I. v. Voith. pp. 459-478, In: Fürnrohr A. E.: Naturhistorische Topographie von Regensburg. In Verbindung mit Forster, Herrich-Schäffer, Koch, v. Schmöger und v. Voith. Dritter Band, die Fauna von Regensburg enthaltend. pp. I-XVI , 1-478. Regensburg. (Manz).
  2. ^ "Species summary for Pupilla sterrii". AnimalBase. Last modified 28-01-2010, accessed 31 July 2010.
  3. " Red List of the molluscs (Mollusca) of the Czech Republic". accessed 30 July 2010.
  4. Čejka T., Dvořák L., Horsák M. & Šteffek J. (2007). "Checklist of molluscs (Mollusca) in the Slovak Republic". Folia Malacologica 15(2): 49-58.
  5. Balashov I. & Gural-Sverlova N. 2012. An annotated checklist of the terrestrial molluscs of Ukraine. Journal of Conchology. 41 (1): 91-109.
Taxon identifiers
Pupilla sterrii
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