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Lucilla singleyana

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Lucilla singleyana
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L. singleyana
Binomial name
Lucilla singleyana
Synonyms
  • Helicodiscus (Hebetodiscus) singleyanus inermis H. B. Baker, 1929

Lucilla singleyana (Pilsbry, 1890) is a species of minute air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk or micromollusk in the family Punctidae, the dot snails.

The shell of this species is about 2 mm in width.

Distribution

This species is Holarctic in distribution.

Ecology

This species lives in soil, see soil-inhabitant. Technically this is known as being a terricol species.

References

  1. ^ 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Cited 28 May 2007.