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Oxyloma sarsii

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Oxyloma sarsii
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Stylommatophora
Family: Succineidae
Genus: Oxyloma
Species:
O. sarsii
Binomial name
Oxyloma sarsii
(Esmark & Hoyer, 1886)

Oxyloma sarsii is a species of small European land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk belonging to the family Succineidae, the amber snails.

Description

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Only reliably separated from the very similar Oxyloma elegans by dissection

Distribution

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This species is known to occur in a number of European countries and islands including:

Habitat

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This snail lives at the water line, at the edges of rivers and lakes.

References

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  1. ^ Georgiev D. G. (2006). "Two new species from the family Succineidae (Beck, 1837) (Gastropoda: Pulmonata) to the fauna of Bulgaria". Scientific Studies of the University of Plovdiv, Biology, Animalia 41: 7-11. PDF.
  2. ^ Balashov I. & Gural-Sverlova N. 2012. An annotated checklist of the terrestrial molluscs of Ukraine. Journal of Conchology. 41 (1): 91-109.
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