Ashfordia granulata, common name the "silky snail", is a species of medium-sized air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Hygromiidae, the hairy snails and their allies.
| Ashfordia granulata | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Order: | Stylommatophora |
| Family: | Hygromiidae |
| Genus: | Ashfordia |
| Species: | A. granulata
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| Binomial name | |
| Ashfordia granulata | |
This species is sometimes placed in the genus Monacha and known as Monacha granulata.[2][3]
Distribution
editThis species is known to occur mainly in:
- Ireland
- Great Britain, England
with small populations in:
- France
- Spain
Description
editThe 5-7 × 7-9 mm shell is whitish to pale brown and thin, translucent, with fine straight hairs with bulbous bases. There are 5.5-6 convex whorls with deep suture. The aperture is simple with a thin lip or without a lip . It is reflected only at the columellar side. The umbilicus is very narrow and partly covered by the reflected columellar margin. The mantle is with black spots.[4]
Life cycle
editThe size of the egg is 1 mm.[5]
References
edit- ^ Alder J. 1830. A catalogue of the land and fresh-water testaceous Mollusca found in the vicinity of Newcastle upon Tyne, with remarks. Transactions of the Natural History Society of Northumberland and Durham 1 (1): 26-41. London.
- ^ "Monacha granulata". zipcodezoo.com. Archived from the original on 10 February 2013. Retrieved 26 January 2022.
- ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-06-13. Retrieved 2008-12-25.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ "AnimalBase :: Ashfordia granulata species homepage". Animalbase.uni-goettingen.de. Retrieved 5 March 2022.
- ^ Heller J.: Life History Strategies. in Barker G. M. (ed.): The biology of terrestrial molluscs. CABI Publishing, Oxon, UK, 2001, ISBN 0-85199-318-4. 1-146, cited page: 428.
External links
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- Ashfordia granulata at Animalbase taxonomy,short description, distribution, biology,status (threats), images
- Image from Habitas
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