Drobacia banatica

Drobacia banatica is a species of medium-sized air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Helicidae, the typical snails.

Drobacia banatica
Drawings of a shell of Drobacia banatica

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 Sigmurethra
Superfamily:
Helicoidea
Family:
Helicidae
Genus:
Drobacia
Species:
D. banatica
Binomial name
Drobacia banatica
(Rossmässler, 1838)

Synonyms of this species include:

  • Chilostoma (Drobacia) banaticum
  • Chilostoma banatica
  • Helicogona banatica

Description

The width of the shell is approximately 25 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs in Eastern Europe, in Ukraine,[2] Hungary, and in Romania.[3]

Habitat

References
  1. Páll-Gergely, B. & Seddon, M.B. 2019. Drobacia banatica. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2019: e.T145204374A72323537. https://doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-1.RLTS.T145204374A72323537.en. Downloaded on 26 July 2019.
  2. Balashov I. & Gural-Sverlova N. 2012. An annotated checklist of the terrestrial molluscs of Ukraine. Journal of Conchology. 41 (1): 91-109.
  3. distribution of Drobacia banatica at European Environment Agency webpage, accessed 22 October 2008


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