Zebrina detrita
Encyclopedia
Zebrina detrita is a species
of air-breathing land snail
, a terrestrial
pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Enidae
.
is 12 mm. The height of the shell is 25 mm.
Habitat: dry biotopes.
Species
In biology, a species is one of the basic units of biological classification and a taxonomic rank. A species is often defined as a group of organisms capable of interbreeding and producing fertile offspring. While in many cases this definition is adequate, more precise or differing measures are...
of air-breathing land snail
Snail
Snail is a common name applied to most of the members of the molluscan class Gastropoda that have coiled shells in the adult stage. When the word is used in its most general sense, it includes sea snails, land snails and freshwater snails. The word snail without any qualifier is however more often...
, a terrestrial
Terrestrial animal
Terrestrial animals are animals that live predominantly or entirely on land , as compared with aquatic animals, which live predominantly or entirely in the water , or amphibians, which rely on a combination of aquatic and terrestrial habitats...
pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Enidae
Enidae
Enidae is a family of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks.- Anatomy :In this family, the number of haploid chromosomes lies between 21 and 25 .- 1998 taxonomy :...
.
Description
The width of the shellGastropod shell
The gastropod shell is a shell which is part of the body of a gastropod or snail, one kind of mollusc. The gastropod shell is an external skeleton or exoskeleton, which serves not only for muscle attachment, but also for protection from predators and from mechanical damage...
is 12 mm. The height of the shell is 25 mm.
Distribution
The distribution of this species is Central European and Southern European.- Czech Republic - endangered (EN) in Bohemia, critically endangered (CR) in Moravia
- Bulgaria
- Hungary
- Slovakia
- Israel
- Italy
- ...
Habitat: dry biotopes.