Xerolenta obvia

From Infogalactic: the planetary knowledge core
Jump to: navigation, search
Xerolenta obvia
File:Xerolenta obvia2pl.jpg
Individuals of Xerolenta obvia
Not assessed[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Heterobranchia
clade Euthyneura
clade Panpulmonata
clade Eupulmonata
clade Stylommatophora
informal group Sigmurethra
Superfamily:
Helicoidea
Family:
Hygromiidae
Genus:
Xerolenta
Species:
X. obvia
Binomial name
Xerolenta obvia
(Menke, 1828)[2]
Synonyms

Helicella obvia

Lua error in Module:Taxonbar/candidate at line 22: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).

Xerolenta obvia is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial gastropod mollusk in the family Hygromiidae, the hairy snails and their allies.

File:Xerolenta obvia top.jpg
Apical view of a shell of Xerolenta obvia
File:Xerolenta obvia bottom.jpg
Umbilical view of a shell of Xerolenta obvia

Distribution

This land snail occurs in European countries including:

  • Bulgaria
  • Romania
  • Czech Republic
  • Poland
  • Slovakia
  • Ukraine[3]
  • Canada (Bethany, Ontario, Canada first detected in 1969 and 1972;[4] at least 23 occurrences in southern Ontario as of 2015[5])
  • Wayne County, Michigan United States of America Detected in 2002 (B. Sullivan)
  • and others

This species is already established in the USA, and is considered to represent a potentially serious threat as a pest, an invasive species which could negatively affect agriculture, natural ecosystems, human health or commerce. Therefore it has been suggested that this species be given top national quarantine significance in the USA.[6]

Life cycle

The size of the egg is 1.5 mm.[7]

References

  1. ↑ Xerolenta obvia (2006). IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Cited 19 June 2007.
  2. ↑ Menke C.T. (1828). Synopsis methodica molluscorum generum omnium et specierum earum, quae in museo Menkeano adservantur; cum synonymia critica et novarum specierum diagnosibus. pp. I-XII [= 1-12], 1-91. Pyrmonti. (Gelpke).
  3. ↑ Balashov I. & Gural-Sverlova N. 2012. An annotated checklist of the terrestrial molluscs of Ukraine. Journal of Conchology. 41 (1): 91-109.
  4. ↑ Grimm, F. W. & Wiggins, G.B. ([1975]). Colonies of the European snail Helicella obvia (Hartmann) in Ontario. The Canadian Field-Naturalist 88 (4): 421–428.
  5. ↑ Forsyth, R.G., M.J. Oldham, E. Snyder, F.W. Schueler & R. Layberry (2015). Forty years later: distribution of the introduced Heath Snail, Xerolenta obvia, in Ontario, Canada (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Hygromiidae). Check List 11(4): 1711. doi: 10.15560/11.4.1711
  6. ↑ Cowie R. H., Dillon R. T., Robinson D. G. & Smith J. W. (2009). Alien non-marine snails and slugs of priority quarantine importance in the United States: A preliminary risk assessment. American Malacological Bulletin 27: 113-132. PDF.
  7. ↑ Heller J. (2001). Life History Strategies'.' in Barker G. M. (ed.): The biology of terrestrial molluscs. CABI Publishing, Oxon, UK, ISBN 0-85199-318-4. 1-146, cited page: 428.

External links


<templatestyles src="Asbox/styles.css"></templatestyles>

Stub icon

This Hygromiidae-related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.
Retrieved from "https://infogalactic.com/w/index.php?title=Xerolenta_obvia&oldid=680644458"