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Clausilia bidentata

Clausilia bidentata, the two-toothed door snail, is a species of door snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the genus Clausilia belonging to the family Clausiliidae, all of which have a clausilium.

Subspecies

  • Clausilia bidentata abietina <small> Dupuy, 1849 </small>
  • Clausilia bidentata bidentata <small> (Ström, 1765) </small>
  • Clausilia bidentata crenulata <small> Risso, 1826 </small>
  • Clausilia bidentata moniziana <small> Lowe, 1852 </small>

Distribution

This species is present in much of western Europe, including:

Habitat

This species is commonly found under bark of trees or in crevices of rocks. The snails are often encountered when they are most active, at night during wet weather, at which time they often climb up trees and feed on lichens.

Ecology

It selectively grazes on calcareous-rock lichens, particularly the crustose lichen species Verrucaria nigrescens.

Description

The shell of this snail is a small and cylindrical snail, very high-spired and narrow. The shell length reaches . The shell is dark brown with noticeable spiral ribs, slight longitudinal grooves, and a horny operculum.

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References

  • Anderson, R. 2005, An Annotated List of the Non-Marine Mollusca of Britain and Ireland, Journal of Conchology, London, 38: 607-638
  • Kerney, M, 1999, Atlas of the Land and Freshwater Molluscs of Britain and Ireland, Harley Books, Colchester

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