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Thames Door Snail

Alinda biplicata

Classification

Alinda biplicata, also known as Balea biplicata, common name the two-lipped door snail or Thames door snail, is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Clausiliidae, the door snails, all of which have a clausilium. Distribution This species is known to occur in several European countries and islands, including: This species is rare in Great Britain. In England, it is found mainly in the London area, almost exclusively along the River Thames, and is particularly preserved at Isleworth Ait.

Distribution

Martien van den Heuvel · CC BY
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Countries in the Picchu catalog
Netherlands · 7,621Germany · 1,038Belgium · 208Switzerland · 122United Kingdom · 32France · 17Italy · 3Luxembourg · 3