Perforatella bidentata

Species of gastropod

Perforatella bidentata
Shell of Perforatella bidentata (specimen at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Heterobranchia
Order: Stylommatophora
Family: Hygromiidae
Genus: Perforatella
Species:
P. bidentata
Binomial name
Perforatella bidentata
(Gmelin, 1791)[1]
Synonyms
  • Helix (Conulus) bidens Chemnitz (unavailable name: published in a work rejected by ICZN direction 1)
  • Helix bidentata Gmelin, 1791
  • Perforatella (Perforatella) bidentata (Gmelin, 1791)

Perforatella bidentata is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Hygromiidae, the hairy snails and their allies.[2]

Life cycle

The size of the egg is 1.7 × 2 mm.[3]

This species of snail makes and uses love darts during mating.

Distribution

This species is known to occur in:

References

  1. ^ Gmelin J. F. [1791]. Caroli a Linné, systema naturae. Tom. I. Pars VI. - pp. 3021–3910. [Lipsiae]. ([G. E. Beer]).
  2. ^ MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Perforatella bidentata (Gmelin, 1791). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=292689 on 2021-12-25
  3. ^ 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.
  4. ^ Balashov I. & Gural-Sverlova N. 2012. An annotated checklist of the terrestrial molluscs of Ukraine. Journal of Conchology. 41 (1): 91-109.
  • Sysoev, A. V. & Schileyko, A. A. (2009). Land snails and slugs of Russia and adjacent countries. Sofia/Moskva (Pensoft). 312 pp., 142 plates.

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  • Gmelin J.F. (1791). Vermes. In: Gmelin J.F. (Ed.) Caroli a Linnaei Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Ed. 13. Tome 1(6). G.E. Beer, Lipsiae
  • De Jong, Y.; Verbeek, M.; Michelsen, V.; Bjørn, P. D. P.; Los, W.; Steeman, F.; Bailly, N.; Basire, C.; Chylarecki, P.; Stloukal, E.; Hagedorn, G.; Wetzel, F.; Glöckler, F.; Kroupa, A.; Korb, G.; Hoffmann, A.; Häuser, C.; Kohlbecker, A.; Müller, A.; Güntsch, A.; Stoev, P.; Penev, L. (2014). Fauna Europaea – all European animal species on the web. Biodiversity Data Journal. 2: e4034
Taxon identifiers
Perforatella bidentata


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