Vallonia_tenuilabris

<i>Vallonia tenuilabris</i>

Vallonia tenuilabris

Species of gastropod

Vallonia tenuilabris is a species of very small, air-breathing land snail that is a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk or micromollusk in the family Valloniidae.

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Distribution

Vallonia tenuilabris was described for the first time in the loess of Wiesbaden, Germany.[2] It is only in the past few decades that its recent occurrence in Central Asia has been recognised.[2]

Recent distribution of Vallonia tenuilabris include:

Description

The width of the shell is 3 mm.[1] The height of the shell is 1.8 mm.[1]

Ecology

Vallonia tenuilabris is adapted to the cold.[2]

References

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  1. [1]
    "Species summary for Vallonia tenuilabris". Animalbase, last modified 27 July 2008, accessed 1 November 2012.
  2. [2]
    Meng S. & Hoffmann M. H. (2009). "Pupilla loessica Ložek 1954 (Gastropoda: Pulmonata: Pupillidae) – “A Living Fossil” in Central Asia?". Eiszeitalter und Gegenwart Quaternary Science Journal 58(1): 55–69. doi:10.3285/eg.58.1.03.
  3. [3]
    Balashov I. & Kijashko P. (2017). "Relic land snails in the Caucasian glacial refugium: a first non-fossil record of Vallonia tenuilabris from Western Eurasia". Journal of Conchology 42(5): 327–332.


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