Candidula unifasciata

Candidula unifasciata is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Geomitridae.

Candidula unifasciata
Two live individuals of Candidula unifasciata

Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Heterobranchia
Superorder: Eupulmonata
Order: Stylommatophora
Family: Hygromiidae
Genus: Candidula
Species:
C. unifasciata
Binomial name
Candidula unifasciata
(Poiret, 1801)[2]
Synonyms

Candidula soosiana (J. Wagner, 1933)[3]

Distribution

This species occurs in European countries and islands including:

References
  1. Pall-Gergely B. (2013). "Candidula unifasciata". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2014.3. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 12 December 2014.
  2. (in French) Poiret J. L. (1801). Coquilles fluviatiles et terrestres observées dans le département de l'Aisne et aux environs de Paris. Prodrome. pp. i-xi [1-11], 1-119. Paris. (Barrois, Soissons).
  3. Čejka T., Dvořák L., Horsák M. & Šteffek J. (2007). "Checklist of molluscs (Mollusca) in the Slovak Republic". Folia Malacologica 15(2): 49-58.
  4. Pfenninger M. & Posada D. (2002). "Phylogeographic history of the land snail Candidula unifasciata (Helicellinae, Stylommatophora): Fragmentation, corridor migration, and secondary contact." Evolution 56(9): 1776-1788. PubMed Abstract


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