Solatopupa juliana

Solatopupa juliana is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Chondrinidae.

Solatopupa juliana
A live but retracted individual of Solatopupa juliana

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:
Solatopupa
Species:
S. juliana
Binomial name
Solatopupa juliana
(Issel, 1866)[2]

Distribution

This species is present in the Italian mainland, with a peri-Tyrrhenian distribution, meaning around the Tyrrhenian Sea.

Description

The shell size reaches 10–15 millimetres (0.39–0.59 in) in length.

References
  1. Pall-Gergely B. (2011). Solatopupa juliana. In: IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2012.1. www.iucnredlist.org. Downloaded on 27 August 2012.
  2. Issel A. (1866). "Dei molluschi raccolti nella provincia de Pisa". Memorie della Società Italiana di Scienze Naturali 2(1): 1-36. Milano.
  • Pilsbry H. A. (1916–1918) – Manual of Conchology. Second Series: Pulmonata, 24. Pupillidae (Gastrocoptinae). pp. i–xii [= 1–12], 1–380, Pl. 1-49. Philadelphia.


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