Candidula_gigaxii

<i>Backeljaia gigaxii</i>

Backeljaia gigaxii

Species of gastropod

Backeljaia gigaxii is a species of air-breathing land snail, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusc in the family Geomitridae.[1]

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Description

The 5.4-8.1 × 7.4-12.2 mm. shell of this species has, in comparison with Candidula intersecta, whorls that increase more rapidly, the inside of the umbilicus is very narrow, but remarkably wider at last whorl. The shell is light brown or sandy-coloured with pale colour bands. It is usually flatter and larger than the shell of C. intersecta.[2]

Distribution

Distribution

This species is known to occur in a number of Western European countries and islands including:

References

  1. [1]
    MolluscaBase eds. (2022). MolluscaBase. Backeljaia gigaxii (L. Pfeiffer, 1847). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1308884 on 2022-07-24
  2. [2]
    Animalbase (Welter-Schultes)
  • Studer, S. (1820). Kurzes Verzeichnis der bis jetzt in unserm Vaterlande entdeckten Conchylien. Naturwissenschaftlicher Anzeiger der Allgemeinen Schweizerischen Gesellschaft für die Gesammten Naturwissenschaften, 3 (11): 83–90; (12): 91–94. Bern
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