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Plated Snail
Spermodea lamellata
Spermodea lamellata is a species of minute European land snail, a terrestrial gastropod mollusc, or micromollusc, in the family Valloniidae.
From the article Spermodea lamellata on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA), quoted section by section
Description
For terms see gastropod shell. The 2-2.2 mm x 2-2.2 mm shell has a characteristic semispherical shape like a bee skep basket. The shell has 6 convex whorls which increase gradually in size. The sutures are deep. The whorls are decorated with very fine, very regular, radial ribs. These ribs function as a diffraction grating, giving the yellow shell a silky appearance. The apertural margin is simple and breaks easily. There are no folds inside the aperture. The umbilicus is narrow. Juveniles are paler with weaker ribs at the lower side, and the umbilicus relatively wider.
Range & habitat
This species occurs in areas which include:
Denmark Great Britain Ireland Czech Republic Northern Germany Netherlands - extinct Norway Poland - isolated locality Portugal - isolated localities in Serra de Bussaco mountains (in Beira Alta), and in Sintra Sweden Ukraine and other areas
Wikipedia: “Distribution”
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 112891.