Pseudotrichia rubiginosa, sometimes known as the "German hairy snail", is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Hygromiidae, the hairy snails and their allies.
Life cycle This species of snail makes and uses love darts during mating.
The size of the egg is 1.6 mm.Heller J.: Life History Strategies. in Barker G. M. (ed.): The biology of terrestrial molluscs. CABI Publishing, Oxon, UK, 2001, . 1-146, cited page: 428.
Distribution The snail occurs in many areas throughout Europe:
Great Britain - In England, it is found along the River Thames in London where it has a habitat at Isleworth AitRare snail habitat is protected. BBC News, last updated: Thursday, 22 February 2007, 11:16 GMT. and along the River Lea, in east London, and Bow Back Rivers.Rare French worm's London debut. BBC News, last updated: Wednesday, 7 April 2004, 18:04 GMT 19:04 UK. It is also found in Oxfordshire and by the River Medway in Kent. Pseudotrichia rubiginosa is thought to have spread to Britain during the last ice age, when Britain was still connected to mainland Europe. Czech Republic Slovakia Poland UkraineBalashov I. & Gural-Sverlova N. 2012. An annotated checklist of the terrestrial molluscs of Ukraine. Journal of Conchology. 41 (1): 91-109. Netherlands
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