''Platyla gracilis'' is a species of

gastropod Gastropods (), commonly known as slugs and snails, belong to a large Taxonomy (biology), taxonomic class of invertebrates within the phylum Mollusca called Gastropoda (). This class comprises snails and slugs from saltwater, freshwater, and fro ...

belonging to the family

Aciculidae The Aciculidae are a family (biology), family of small land snails that have operculum (gastropod), opercula (an operculum is a little door that closes the shell when the animal retracts into it). In other words, Aciculidae are Terrestrial mollus ...

. The species is found in Central Europe. The species has

cosmopolitan distribution In biogeography, a cosmopolitan distribution is the range of a taxon that extends across most or all of the surface of the Earth, in appropriate habitats; most cosmopolitan species are known to be highly adaptable to a range of climatic and en ...

References

gracilis Gastropods described in 1877 Cosmopolitan animals Gastropods of Europe {{Aciculidae-stub