Oxychilus cellarius
Oxychilus cellarius, common name cellar glass-snail,[2] is a species of small air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Oxychilidae, the glass snails.
| Oxychilus cellarius | |
|---|---|
| A live individual of Oxychilus cellarius, the shell seen from the side | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Heterobranchia |
| Order: | Stylommatophora |
| Family: | Oxychilidae |
| Genus: | Oxychilus |
| Species: | O. cellarius |
| Binomial name | |
| Oxychilus cellarius (O. F. Müller, 1774)[1] | |
| Synonyms | |
| Helix cellaria Müller, 1774 | |
Description edit
The shell has 5.5-6 regularly increasing whorls. The last whorl is not inflated and narrower than in Oxychilus draparnaudi. The shell is nearly smooth and shiny and only very faintly striated. The umbilicus is moderately deep and open.[3]
The width of the shell is 7–11 mm (14 mm maximum). The height of the shell is 4.5–6 mm.[3]
The animal is usually pale bluish grey. Genitalia: Penis cylindrical without constrictions (in contrast to Oxychilus draparnaudi), rows of papillae of penis continuous without interruption (interrupted at the constriction in Oxychilus draparnaudi).[3]
Distribution edit
This species occurs in countries and islands including:
- Czech Republic[4]
- Poland
- Slovakia[4]
- Great Britain
- Ireland
- New Zealand (e.g. Dunedin).
Habitat edit
Oxychilus cellarius occurs in a number of habitats, like in forests and in habitats modified by humans, such as gardens and green houses.[5]
References edit
- ^ Müller O. F. (1774). Vermivm terrestrium et fluviatilium, seu animalium infusoriorum, helminthicorum, et testaceorum, non marinorum, succincta historia. Volumen alterum. pp. I-XXXVI [= 1-36], 1-214, [1-10]. Havniæ & Lipsiæ. pge 28.
- ^ Oxychilus cellarius. Encyclopedia of Life, accessed 28 July 2014.
- ^ a b c "Species summary for Oxychilus cellarius". AnimalBase, accessed 28 July 2014, last modified 8 December 2013.
- ^ a b Horsák M., Juřičková L., Beran L., Čejka T. & Dvořák L., 2010: Komentovaný seznam měkkýšů zjištěných ve volné přírodě České a Slovenské republiky. [Annotated list of mollusc species recorded outdoors in the Czech and Slovak Republics]. Malacologica Bohemoslovaca Suppl. 1: 1–37. PDF.
- ^ Welter-Schultes, F.W. 2012. European non-marine molluscs, a guide for species identification: Bestimmungsbuch für europäische Land- und Süsswassermollusken. Planet Poster Editions: Göttingen.
- Spencer, H.G., Marshall, B.A. & Willan, R.C. (2009). Checklist of New Zealand living Mollusca. pp 196–219 in Gordon, D.P. (ed.) New Zealand inventory of biodiversity. Volume one. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. Canterbury University Press, Christchurch.
External links edit
- Media related to Oxychilus cellarius at Wikimedia Commons