Bush snail Lat. “Fruticicola fruticum“

Fruticicola fruticum is a species of medium-sized, air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusc in the family Bradybaenidae.

Shell description

The shell of this species is globular with a deep umbilicus. The shell color is whitish or brownish. The maximum shell dimension is about 22 millimetres (0.87 in).

Distribution

Europe (until recently including the southeastern part of British Isles, where it was probably introduced.)

Austria Bulgaria Czech Republic - least concern (LC) Germany Great Britain - extinct Netherlands Poland Romania Serbia Finland Slovakia Ukraine

Life cycle

The size of the egg is 1.9 millimetres (0.075 in). This species of snail makes and uses love darts during mating.

Ancestry Graph

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Further Information

„Bush snail“ on wikipedia.org

„Bush snail“ on iNaturalist.org

Copyright

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