Trochulus striolatus, previously known as Trichia striolata, common name the "strawberry snail," is a species of tiny, air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Hygromiidae. This species of snail uses love darts before mating.
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| Plate accompanying the original description by Carl Pfeiffer Helix striolatus is figure 8 | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Order: | Stylommatophora |
| Family: | Hygromiidae |
| Genus: | Trochulus |
| Species: | T. striolatus
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Trichia striolata | |
Description
editThe round 10–15 mm. shell has a depressed, low, conical spire. The whorls are convex, with relatively deep sutures, while the last one is angled on the periphery. The colour is whitish to yellowish-brown or reddish-brown, having irregular growth lines and often a pale band on the angled periphery. The adult shell is hairless but bears scattered coarse hair when juvenile.
Distribution
editThis snail is native to northwestern Europe, occurring in:
- British Isles: Great Britain and Ireland
- Netherlands
- Slovakia
The distribution of the subspecies Trochulus striolatus danubialis is Danubian.[2]
References
edit- ^ 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).
- ^ (in Slovak) Lisický M. J. (1991). Mollusca Slovenska [The Slovak molluscs]. VEDA vydavateľstvo Slovenskej akadémie vied, Bratislava, 344 pp.
External links
edit- Trochulus striolatus at Animalbase taxonomy,short description, distribution, biology,status (threats), images
- Taxonomy at: [1]
- UK Nature image of a live snail of this species
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