This snail creates and uses love darts as part of its courtship behaviour, prior to mating. The shell of the snail plays an important role on its quality of life. This is because the calcium in the snails shell allows for shell regeneration to take place, if the shell was ever to be broken.[6]
O. lactea has developed the evolutionary adaptation of estivation to help it deal with harsh conditions such as drought or famine. During this time, O. lactea suppresses its metabolism. This effects many of the body functions. On a cellular level, this conversion from normal to estivation is seen impacting the Na+/K+-ATPase function. The Na+/K+-ATPase activity has been shown to be significantly reduced during estivation. As the Na+/K+-ATPase pump uses quite a lot of ATP, the suppression of this pump plays a key role in the conversion to estivation in the O. lactea.[7]
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Otala lactea known as the milk snail or Spanish snail is a large edible 3 species of air breathing land snail a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Helicidae the typical snails 4 Otala lactea Five views of a shell of Otala lactea Conservation status Least Concern IUCN 3 1 2 Scientific classification Domain Eukaryota Kingdom Animalia Phylum Mollusca Class Gastropoda Subclass Heterobranchia Order Stylommatophora Superfamily Helicoidea Family Helicidae Genus Otala Species O l 1 Binomial name Otala lactea 1 Muller 1774 Synonyms Archelix ahmarina Bourguignat in Pechaud 1883 superseded generic combination Archelix ahmarina var ibrahimi Pallary 1922 original combination Archelix ahmarina var ksebiana Pallary 1915 original combination Archelix barbini Pallary 1918 original combination Archelix barbini var coloria Pallary 1918 original combination Archelix barbini var major Pallary 1926 original combination Archelix barbini var persimilis Pallary 1918 original combination Archelix bleicheri Paladilhe 1875 superseded generic combination Archelix bleicheri var minor Pallary 1922 original combination Archelix ceardi Pallary 1924 original combination Archelix connollyi Pallary 1926 original combination Archelix de gouttesiana Pallary 1928 original combination Archelix de gouttesiana var minor Pallary 1928 original combination Archelix de gouttesiana var pallida Pallary 1928 original combination Archelix derenica Pallary 1920 original combination Archelix fauxnigra Pallary 1920 original combination Archelix fauxnigra var unicolor alba Pallary 1920 original combination Archelix freydieri Pallary 1923 original combination Archelix freydieri var minor Pallary 1926 original combination Archelix freydieri var unifasciata Pallary 1926 original combination Archelix gebiletana Pallary 1918 original combination Archelix gebiletana var minor Pallary 1919 original combination Archelix huotiana Pallary 1926 original combination Archelix ibrahimi Bourguignat in Pechaud 1883 superseded generic combination Archelix liocephala Pallary 1923 original combination Archelix lucasi A Ferussac amp Deshayes 1848 superseded generic combination Archelix lucasi var discolor Pallary 1926 original combination Archelix solignaci Pallary 1926 original combination Archelix sphaeromorpha Bourguignat in Pechaud 1883 superseded generic combination Archelix sphaeromorpha var albicans Pallary 1920 original combination Archelix sphaeromorpha var depressa Pallary 1920 original combination Archelix sphaeromorpha var lineolata Pallary 1920 original combination Archelix sphaeromorpha var minor Pallary 1920 original combination Archelix sphaeromorpha var quinque fasciata Pallary 1920 original combination Archelix sphaeromorpha var subangulata Pallary 1920 original combination Helix ahmarina J Mabille 1883 Helix bleicheri Paladilhe 1875 junior synonym Helix canariensis Mousson 1872 Helix ibrahimi Bourguignat in Pechaud 1883 junior synonym Helix jacquemetana J Mabille 1883 Helix lactea O F Muller 1774 original description Helix lactea var murcica Rossmassler 1854 junior synonym Helix lucasi A Ferussac amp Deshayes 1848 junior synonym Helix plesiasteia Bourguignat in Pechaud 1884 junior synonym Helix sphaeromorpha Bourguignat in Pechaud 1883 junior synonym Otala Otala lactea O F Muller 1774 accepted alternate representation Otala Otala lactea lactea O F Muller 1774 superseded combination Otala Otala lactea murcica Rossmassler 1854 superseded combination Otala lactea murcica Rossmassler 1854 superseded combination Archaeological recovery at the Ancient Roman site of Volubilis in Morocco illustrates prehistoric exploitation of O lactea by humans 5 Contents 1 Distribution 2 Anatomy 3 References 4 External linksDistribution editThis species of snail is native to the western Mediterranean Basin in the southern Iberian Peninsula Morocco Algeria Balearic and Canary Islands Malta and Corsica 2 It has been introduced to the Azores Madeira United States 2 including Arizona California Florida and Texas and to Bermuda Cuba and southeastern Australia Anatomy edit nbsp love dart of Otala lactea This snail creates and uses love darts as part of its courtship behaviour prior to mating The shell of the snail plays an important role on its quality of life This is because the calcium in the snails shell allows for shell regeneration to take place if the shell was ever to be broken 6 O lactea has developed the evolutionary adaptation of estivation to help it deal with harsh conditions such as drought or famine During this time O lactea suppresses its metabolism This effects many of the body functions On a cellular level this conversion from normal to estivation is seen impacting the Na K ATPase function The Na K ATPase activity has been shown to be significantly reduced during estivation As the Na K ATPase pump uses quite a lot of ATP the suppression of this pump plays a key role in the conversion to estivation in the O lactea 7 References edit Taxonomy for Species Otala lactea a b c Arrebola J 2011 Otala lactea IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2011 e T156616A4973231 Retrieved 9 March 2021 Man and Mollusc s Data Base of Edible Molluscs MolluscaBase eds 2021 MolluscaBase Otala lactea O F Muller 1774 Accessed through World Register of Marine Species at http www marinespecies org aphia php p taxdetails amp id 1050532 on 2021 02 14 C Michael Hogan Volubilis The Megalithic Portal ed Andy Burnham 2007 EVIDENCE THAT lt italic gt OTALA LACTEA lt italic gt MULLER UTILIZES CALCIUM FROM THE SHELL Journal of Molluscan Studies December 1974 doi 10 1093 oxfordjournals mollus a065269 ISSN 1464 3766 Ramnanan Christopher J Storey Kenneth B 2006 02 15 Suppression of Na K ATPase activity during estivation in the land snail Otala lactea Journal of Experimental Biology 209 4 677 688 doi 10 1242 jeb 02052 ISSN 0022 0949 PMID 16449562 Rossmassler E A 1854 1858 Iconographie der Land amp Susswasser Mollusken Europa s mit vorzuglicher Berucksichtigung kritischer und noch nicht abgebildeter Arten 1 3 1 2 13 14 I VIII 1 39 pl 61 70 Sept 1854 1 3 3 4 15 16 I VIII 41 77 pl 71 80 Aug 1856 1 3 5 6 17 18 I VIII 81 140 pl 81 90 Pechaud J 1884 Excursions malacologiques dans le nord de l Afrique de la Calle a Alger d Alger a Tanger Pallary P 1915 Description de quelques mollusques nouveaux du Grand Atlas Bulletin du Museum National d Histoire Naturelle Zoologie 21 1 21 28 Paris Pallary P 1918 Diagnoses d une cinquantaine de mollusques terrestres nouveaux du Nord de l Afrique Bulletin de la Societe d Histoire Naturelle d Afrique du Nord 9 7 137 152 Alger Pallary P 1919 Helicidees nouvelles du Maroc 2e Partie Journal de Conchyliologie 64 2 1918 51 69 pl 2 3 Paris Pallary P 1920 Descriptions d une nouvelle cinquantaine de mollusques terrestres nouveaux du Nord Ouest de l Afrique Bulletin de la Societe d Histoire Naturelle d Afrique du Nord 11 2 18 34 Alger Pallary P 1920 Recoltes malacologiques du capitaine Paul Martel dans la partie septentrionale du Maroc Journal de Conchyliologie 65 1 1 39 pl 1 3 65 2 131 160 pl 4 5 Paris Pallary P 1922 Faune malacologique du Grand Atlas Journal de Conchyliologie 66 2 1921 89 154 pl 3 5 66 3 1921 185 217 Paris Pallary P 1923 Vingt mollusques terrestres nouveaux du Maroc Bulletin de la Societe d Histoire Naturelle d Afrique du Nord 14 3 112 118 Alger Pallary P 1924 Note sur quelques mollusques d un depot pleistocene de Colomb Bechar Bulletin de la Societe d Histoire naturelle de l Afrique du Nord 15 3 111 113 Alger Pallary P 1926 Complements a la faune malacologique de la Berberie Journal de Conchyliologie 70 1 1 50 pl 1 8 Paris Pallary P 1928 Notice sur seize mollusques nouveaux du Maroc decouverts en 1926 1927 Journal de Conchyliologie 72 1 1 24 pl 1 4 Paris Bank R A Neubert E 2017 Checklist of the land and freshwater Gastropoda of Europe Last update July 16 2017 Holyoak D T amp Holyoak G A 2017 A revision of the land snail genera Otala and Eobania Gastropoda helicidae in Morocco and Algeria Journal of Conchology 40 6 419 490 LondoExternal links edit nbsp Wikimedia Commons has media related to Otala lactea Muller O F 1774 Vermium terrestrium et fluviatilium seu animalium infusorium Helminthicorum et testaceorum non marinorum succincta historia vol 2 I XXXVI 1 214 10 unnumbered pages Havniae et Lipsiae apud Heineck et Faber ex officina Molleriana More images 1 Otala lactea on the UF IFAS Featured Creatures Web site Images 2 nbsp This Helicidae related article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Otala lactea amp oldid 1194599864, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
