Hystricella turricula

Hystricella turricula
Hystricella turricula
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Heterobranchia
clade Euthyneura
clade Panpulmonata
clade Eupulmonata
clade Stylommatophora
informal group Sigmurethra
Superfamily: Helicoidea
Family: Hygromiidae
Subfamily: Geomitrinae
Tribe: Geomitrini
Genus: Hystricella
Species: H. turricula
Binomial name
Hystricella turricula
(R. T. Lowe, 1831)
Synonyms

Discula turricula

Hystricella turricula is a species of small, air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Hygromiidae. This species is indigenous to Madeira.[1]

Shell description

The shell of these snails is shaped like a discus, or a lens, with a sharp edge around the periphery of the whorls.

Conservation status

This species is mentioned in annex IV of the Habitats Directive.

References

  1. ^ a b Seddon M. B. (1996). "Hystricella turricula". In: IUCN 2010. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2010.1. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 07 May 2010.
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