Oxychilus draparnaudi, or Draparnaud's glass snail, is a species of small land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusc in the family Oxychilidae, the glass snails.
Description
Oxychilus draparnaudi is large for a glass snail, also called the dark-bodied glass snail with a shell of about in maximum dimension. The shell is glossy and is a translucent yellowish-brown and gold in color, somewhat whiter underneath.Janus H. (1965) The young specialist look at land and freshwater molluscs Burke, London.
The visible soft parts of the animal are a very unusual strong dark blue, mixed with grey.
Distribution This species occurs in countries and islands including: Czech Republic Slovakia UkraineBalashov I. & Gural-Sverlova N. 2012. An annotated checklist of the terrestrial molluscs of Ukraine. Journal of Conchology. 41 (1): 91-109. Great Britain Ireland Malaysia Singapore Hawaii Bulgaria Canada and other areas
Synonyms Synonyms include Oxychilus drapanaldi, Oxychilus lucidum, Helix lucida, Helix nitida, Helicella draparnaldi, and Polita draparnaldi.Virginia Land Snails, in carnegiemnh.org.
References
External links
Oxychilus draparnaudi at Animalbase taxonomy, short description, distribution, biology, status (threats), images