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Lovely Vallonia
Vallonia pulchella
Vallonia pulchella, common name the lovely vallonia, is a species of very small air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Valloniidae.
From the article Vallonia pulchella on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA), quoted section by section
Description
For terms see gastropod shell The shell is circular in outline, with 3.2 - 3.3 whorls. The last whorl is wider immediately before the aperture, and is not much descending. Compared to Vallonia costata, the aperture is not very oblique, and the lip is weaker than in that species. Vallonia pulchella also has slightly more elevated whorls than Vallonia costata. Like other Vallonia species, the umbilicus is very wide. The shell is ivory-white with very fine and irregular streaks. The soft parts are milky white. The tentacles are short, and the posterior end of the foot is round.
Range & habitat
This species occurs in several countries and islands, including: Europe:
Great Britain Ireland Czech Republic Slovakia Poland Ukraine Germany Netherlands Latvia and other areas America:
British Columbia, Canada Illinois, United States of America Brazil Tatarstan Kazan
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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Every page naming Vallonia pulchella in the Biodiversity Heritage Library →
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 203786.