Abida attenuata
Six shells of Abida attenuata
scale bar is in mm
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Heterobranchia
Order: Stylommatophora
Family: Chondrinidae
Genus: Abida
Species:
A. attenuata
Binomial name
Abida attenuata
(Fagot, 1886)

Abida attenuata is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusc in the family Chondrinidae.[2]

Geographic distribution

Abida attenuata is found only in two disjunct populations, one in the Eastern Pyrenees in France, and one in the Basque Country in Spain. [1]

Ecology

Abida attenuata is a rock-dwelling species of land snail. It lives on limestone.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 Gargominy, O. (2011). "Abida attenuata". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2011: e.T156905A5014781. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2011-1.RLTS.T156905A5014781.en. Retrieved 6 September 2021.
  2. MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Abida attenuata (Fagot, 1886). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1001798 on 2020-05-04

Sources

  • Kerney, M.P., Cameron, R.A.D. & Jungbluth, J-H. (1983). Die Landschnecken Nord- und Mitteleuropas. Ein Bestimmungsbuch für Biologen und Naturfreunde, 384 pp., 24 plates. [Summer or later]. Hamburg / Berlin (Paul Parey). page(s): 292
  • Bank, R. A.; Neubert, E. (2017). Checklist of the land and freshwater Gastropoda of Europe. Last update: July 16, 2017



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