Abida attenuata

Abida attenuata is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusc in the family Chondrinidae. [2]

Abida attenuata
Six shells of Abida attenuata
scale bar is in mm

Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Heterobranchia clade Euthyneura
clade Panpulmonata
clade Eupulmonata
clade Stylommatophora
informal group Orthurethra
Superfamily:
Pupilloidea
Family:
Chondrinidae
Genus:
Abida
Species:
A. attenuata
Binomial name
Abida attenuata
(Fagot, 1886)

Geographic distribution

Abida attenuata is found only in two disjunct populations, one in the Eastern Pyrenees in France, and one in the Basque Country in Spain. [1]

Ecology

Abida attenuata is a rock-dwelling species of land snail. It lives on limestone.[1]

References
  1. Gargominy, O. (2013). "Abida attenuata". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2013. Retrieved 27 December 2014.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
  2. MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Abida attenuata (Fagot, 1886). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1001798 on 2020-05-04
  • Kerney, M.P., Cameron, R.A.D. & Jungbluth, J-H. (1983). Die Landschnecken Nord- und Mitteleuropas. Ein Bestimmungsbuch für Biologen und Naturfreunde, 384 pp., 24 plates. [Summer or later]. Hamburg / Berlin (Paul Parey). page(s): 292
  • Bank, R. A.; Neubert, E. (2017). Checklist of the land and freshwater Gastropoda of Europe. Last update: July 16th, 2017


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