- Oxyloma retusa
Taxobox
name = "Oxyloma retusa"
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status = NE [IUCN 2007. 2007 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species.. Downloaded on 26 August 2008. ]
regnum =Animal ia
phylum =Mollusc a
classis =Gastropod a
ordo =Pulmonata
familia =Succineidae
genus = "Oxyloma "
species = "O. retusa"
binomial = "Oxyloma retusa"
binomial_authority = (Lea, 1834)"Oxyloma retusa", common name blunt ambersnail, is a
species of small landsnail , a terrestrialpulmonate gastropod mollusk belonging to the familySuccineidae .Distribution
North America.
Biology
It eats dead and green plants in the summer and dead plants only in the winter. [Örstan, A. 2006. Natural diet of Oxyloma retusa (Pulmonata: Succineidae). Triton, No. 13, pp. 36-37. http://home.earthlink.net/~aydinslibrary/Triton13.pdf]
References
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