Causa holosericea

Causa holosericea is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Helicidae.[1]

Causa holosericea
Shell of Causa holosericea (specimen at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Heterobranchia
Order: Stylommatophora
Family: Helicidae
Genus: Causa
Species:
C. holosericea
Binomial name
Causa holosericea
(S. Studer, 1820)
Synonyms
  • Helix holosericea Gmelin, 1791
  • Glischrus (Helix) holosericea S. Studer, 1820
  • Isognomostoma holosericum (S. Studer, 1820)

Distribution

The distribution of this species is Alpine.[2]

Shell description
  • apical view
    apical view
  • umbilical view
    umbilical view

References
  1. MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Causa holosericea (S. Studer, 1820). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1002171 on 2020-07-30
  2. (in Slovak) Lisický M. J. (1991). Mollusca Slovenska [The Slovak molluscs]. VEDA vydavateľstvo Slovenskej akadémie vied, Bratislava, 344 pp.

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