Pseudotrichia rubiginosa, sometimes known as the "German hairy snail", is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Hygromiidae, the hairy snails and their allies.
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| Pseudotrichia rubiginosa (Rossmässler, 1838)[2]
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Life cycle
editThis species of snail makes and uses love darts during mating.
The size of the egg is 1.6 mm.[3]
Distribution
editThe snail occurs in many areas throughout Europe:
- Great Britain - In England, it is found along the River Thames in London where it has a habitat at Isleworth Ait[4] and along the River Lea, in east London, and Bow Back Rivers.[5] It is also found in Oxfordshire and by the River Medway in Kent. Pseudotrichia rubiginosa is thought to have spread to Britain during the last ice age, when Britain was still connected to mainland Europe.
- Czech Republic
- Slovakia
- Poland
- Ukraine[6]
- Netherlands
References
edit- ^ von Proschwitz, T. (2011). "Pseudotrichia rubiginosa". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2011. IUCN: e.T157119A5039685. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2011-1.RLTS.T157119A5039685.en.
- ^ (in German) Rossmässler E. A. 1838-1844. Iconographie der Land- und Süßwassermollusken, mit vorzüglicher Berücksichtigung der europäischen noch nicht abgebildeten Arten. (1) 2. pp. (4+44 pp.), (4+46 pp.), (4+15 pp.), (4+37 pp.), Taf. 31-60. Dresden, Leipzig. (Arnold).
- ^ 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.
- ^ Rare snail habitat is protected. BBC News, last updated: Thursday, 22 February 2007, 11:16 GMT.
- ^ Rare French worm's London debut. BBC News, last updated: Wednesday, 7 April 2004, 18:04 GMT 19:04 UK.
- ^ Balashov I. & Gural-Sverlova N. 2012. An annotated checklist of the terrestrial molluscs of Ukraine. Journal of Conchology. 41 (1): 91-109.