Oxychilus draparnaudi

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Oxychilus draparnaudi
Oxychilus draparnaudi
Oxychilus draparnaudi
Conservation status
NE
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Stylommatophora
Family: Zonitidae
Genus: Oxychilus
Species: O. draparnaudi
Binomial name
Oxychilus draparnaudi
(Beck, 1837)

Oxychilus draparnaudi is a species of small land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Zonitidae, the glass snails.

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[edit] Shell description

O. draparnaudi is large for a zonitid glass snail, with a shell of about 14 mm in maximum dimension. The shell is glossy and is a translucent yellowish-brown in color, somewhat whiter underneath.

[edit] Description of soft parts

The soft parts of the animal are a very unusual strong dark blue, mixed with grey.

Oxychilus draparnaudi
Oxychilus draparnaudi

[edit] Distribution and conservation status

It is not listed in IUCN red list - not evaluated (NE) [1]

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[edit] References

  1. ^ 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Cited 23 June 2007.
  • Janus, Horst, 1965. The young specialist look at land and freshwater molluscs Burke, London
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