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]
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| An apical view of a shell of Urticicola umbrosus | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Heterobranchia |
| Order: | Stylommatophora |
| Family: | Hygromiidae |
| Genus: | Urticicola |
| Species: | U. umbrosus
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| Urticicola umbrosus (C. Pfeiffer, 1828)[2]
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Description edit
The height of the shell varies between 5.5 mm and 7 mm; its width varies between 10 mm and 13 mm.
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 edit
This species occurs primarily in mountain forests in Austria, Germany, Italy, Switzerland and Slovenia.
References edit
- ^ IUCN 2011. 2022 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Retrieved 22 February 2022.
- ^ Pfeiffer, C. 1828. Naturgeschichte deutscher Land- und Süsswasser-Mollusken. Dritte Abtheilung. – pp. I-VI [= 1-6], 1-84, Taf. I-VIII [= 1-8]. Weimar. (Landes-Industrie-Comptoir).
- ^ Fauna Europaea: Urticicola umbrosus
- ^ MolluscaBase eds. (2023). MolluscaBase. Urticicola umbrosus (C. Pfeiffer, 1828). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1002505 on 2023-01-17
- Bank, R. A.; Neubert, E. (2017). Checklist of the land and freshwater Gastropoda of Europe. Last update: July 16, 2017
- Sysoev, A. V. & Schileyko, A. A. (2009). Land snails and slugs of Russia and adjacent countries. Sofia/Moskva (Pensoft). 312 pp., 142 plates.
External links edit
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