''Pyramidula rupestris'' is a
species
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of very small, air-breathing
land snails,
terrestrial
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Terrestrial may also refer to:
* Terrestrial animal, an animal that lives on land opposed to living in water, or sometimes an animal that lives on or near the ground, as opposed to ...
pulmonate gastropod mollusk
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s or
micromollusk
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s in the family
Pyramidulidae
Pyramidulidae is a family of small air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Pupilloidea. MolluscaBase eds. (2022). MolluscaBase. Pyramidulidae Kennard & B. B. Woodward, 1914. Accessed through: World R ...
.
[MolluscaBase eds. (2022). MolluscaBase. Pyramidula rupestris (Draparnaud, 1801). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1002794 on 2022-03-15]
The variety ''Pyramidula rupestris var. nylanderi''
Morse, 1920is a synonym of ''
Planogyra asteriscus
''Planogyra astericus'', common name the eastern flat-whorl, is a species of small air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Valloniidae.
This species is listed as of "Special Concern" in the U.S. state o ...
''
(Morse, 1857)
Shell description
The width of the shell is up to 2.7 mm, the height is up to 2.5 mm.
[Gittenberger E. & Bank R. A. 1996. A new start in Pyramidula (Gastropoda Pulmonata: Pyramidulidae). Basteria 60: 71-78.]
Distribution
This species occurs in:
* The entire Mediterranean region
* Dalmatia
* Spain
[Alberto Martínez-Ortí, Benjamín J. Gómez-Moliner & Carlos E. Prieto. 2007]
''El género Pyramidula Fitzinger 1833 (Gastropoda, Pulmonata) en la Península Ibérica. The genus Pyramidula Fitzinger 1833 (Gastropoda, Pulmonata) in the Iberian Peninsula''
Iberus, Sociedad Española de Malacología, 25 (1): 77-87.
* The Alps
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AnimalBase, accessed 13 December 2008.
* Northern Italy
* Greece
*
Israel
Israel (; he, יִשְׂרָאֵל, ; ar, إِسْرَائِيل, ), officially the State of Israel ( he, מְדִינַת יִשְׂרָאֵל, label=none, translit=Medīnat Yīsrāʾēl; ), is a country in Western Asia. It is situated ...
* Asia
* Morocco
References
* Gittenberger, E. & Bank, R.A. (1996). A new start in Pyramidula (Gastropoda Pulmonata: Pyramidellidae). Basteria, 60 (1/3): 71-78. Leiden
* Kerney, M.P., Cameron, R.A.D. & Jungbluth, J-H. (1983). Die Landschnecken Nord- und Mitteleuropas. Ein Bestimmungsbuch für Biologen und Naturfreunde, 384 pp., 24 plates.
* Sysoev, A. V. & Schileyko, A. A. (2009). Land snails and slugs of Russia and adjacent countries. Sofia/Moskva (Pensoft). 312 pp., 142 plates
* Bank, R. A.; Neubert, E. (2017). Checklist of the land and freshwater Gastropoda of Europe. Last update: July 16th, 2017
External links
Image of two live individuals ''in situ''Draparnaud, J. P. R. (1801). Tableau des mollusques terrestres et fluviatiles de la France. Montpellier / Paris (Renaud / Bossange, Masson & Besson). 1-116Bourguignat, J.-R. (1852). Testacea novissima quæ Cl. de Saulcy in itinere per Orientem annis 1850 et 1851, collegit. pp. [1 5-31; Lutetiæ: Baillière">">Bourguignat, J.-R. (1852). Testacea novissima quæ Cl. de Saulcy in itinere per Orientem annis 1850 et 1851, collegit. pp. [1
5-31; Lutetiæ: Baillière
Pyramidulidae
Gastropods described in 1801
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