Pseudotrichia rubiginosa

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Pseudotrichia rubiginosa
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Pseudotrichia rubiginosa
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P. rubiginosa
Binomial name
Pseudotrichia rubiginosa
Synonyms

Perforatella rubiginosa

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Pseudotrichia rubiginosa, sometimes known as the "German hairy snail", is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Hygromiidae, the hairy snails and their allies.

Life cycle

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

The size of the egg is 1.6 mm.[3]

Distribution

The snail occurs in many areas throughout Europe:

References

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  2. (German) Rossmässler E. A. 1838-1844. Iconographie der Land- und Süßwassermollusken, mit vorzüglicher Berücksichtigung der europäischen noch nicht abgebildeten Arten. (1) 2. pp. (4+44 pp.), (4+46 pp.), (4+15 pp.), (4+37 pp.), Taf. 31-60. Dresden, Leipzig. (Arnold).
  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. Rare snail habitat is protected. BBC News, last updated: Thursday, 22 February 2007, 11:16 GMT.
  5. Rare French worm's London debut. BBC News, last updated: Wednesday, 7 April 2004, 18:04 GMT 19:04 UK.
  6. Balashov I. & Gural-Sverlova N. 2012. An annotated checklist of the terrestrial molluscs of Ukraine. Journal of Conchology. 41 (1): 91-109.