Pfeiffer's Amber Snail

Oxyloma elegans

Classification

Class: Gastropoda
Order: Stylommatophora
Family: Succineidae

Oxyloma elegans is a species of small European land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk belonging to the family Succineidae, the amber snails. Description The shell usually has fewer than 3 whorls. The body whorl is very large and the spire is short.

Distribution

Pfeiffer's Amber Snail — Hannco Bakker · CC BY

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Countries in the Picchu catalog

Switzerland · 478United Kingdom · 391France · 215Spain · 140Germany · 74Italy · 26Netherlands · 25Belgium · 10Luxembourg · 3

Sources and credits

PhotoHannco Bakker · CC BY DescriptionOxyloma elegans, Wikipedia contributors

Pfeiffer's Amber Snail

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