Oxyloma sarsii
Oxyloma sarsii is a species of small European land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk belonging to the family Succineidae, the amber snails.
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Order: | Stylommatophora |
| Family: | Succineidae |
| Genus: | Oxyloma |
| Species: | O. sarsii |
| Binomial name | |
| Oxyloma sarsii (Esmark & Hoyer, 1886) | |
Description
Only reliably separated from the very similar Oxyloma elegans by dissection
Distribution
This species is known to occur in a number of European countries and islands including:
- Great Britain
- Ireland
- Netherlands
- Poland
- Bulgaria[1]
- Ukraine[2]
- and other areas
Habitat
This snail lives at the water line, at the edges of rivers and lakes.
References
- Georgiev D. G. (2006). "Two new species from the family Succineidae (Beck, 1837) (Gastropoda: Pulmonata) to the fauna of Bulgaria". Scientific Studies of the University of Plovdiv, Biology, Animalia 41: 7-11. PDF.
- Balashov I. & Gural-Sverlova N. 2012. An annotated checklist of the terrestrial molluscs of Ukraine. Journal of Conchology. 41 (1): 91-109.
External links
- Oxyloma sarsii at Animalbase taxonomy,short description, distribution, biology,status (threats), images
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