Overview
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Interesting Facts
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Common Names
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Common Names in English:
Waxy Glass Snail
Description
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Habitat
Typically found at an altitude of 0 to 642 meters (0 to 2,106 feet).[1]
Taxonomy
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- Domain:
Eukaryota
(
)
- Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- eukaryotes
- Kingdom:
Animalia
()
- C. Linnaeus, 1758
- animals
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
()
- (Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983
- Branch:
Protostomia
()
- Grobben, 1908
- Infrakingdom:
Lophotrochozoa
()
- Superphylum:
Eutrochozoa
()
- Phylum:
Mollusca
()
- (C. Linnaeus, 1758) Cuvier, 1795
- Molluscs
- Class:
Gastropoda
()
- Cuvier, 1795
- Snails and Slugs
- Subclass:
Orthogastropoda
()
- Ponder & Lindberg, 1996
- Superorder:
Heterobranchia
()
- J.E. Gray, 1840
- Order:
Pulmonata
()
- Cuvier, in Blainville, 1814
- Suborder:
Eupulmonata
()
- (Haszprunar & Huber, 1990)
- Infraorder:
Stylommatophora
()
- A. Schmidt, 1855
- Superfamily:
Zonitoidea
()
- Mörch, 1864
- Family:
Zonitidae
()
- Mörch, 1864
- Genus:
Aegopinella
()
- Lindholm, 1927
- Specific name:
nitidula
- (Draparnaud, 1805)
- Scientific name: - Aegopinella nitidula (Draparnaud, 1805)
- Specific name:
nitidula
- (Draparnaud, 1805)
- Genus:
Aegopinella
(
- Family:
Zonitidae
(
- Superfamily:
Zonitoidea
(
- Infraorder:
Stylommatophora
(
- Suborder:
Eupulmonata
(
- Order:
Pulmonata
(
- Superorder:
Heterobranchia
(
- Subclass:
Orthogastropoda
(
- Class:
Gastropoda
(
- Phylum:
Mollusca
(
- Superphylum:
Eutrochozoa
(
- Infrakingdom:
Lophotrochozoa
(
- Branch:
Protostomia
(
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
(
- Kingdom:
Animalia
(
Similar Species
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Members of the genus Aegopinella
ZipcodeZoo has pages for 1 species and subspecies in this genus:
A. nitidula (Waxy Glass Snail)
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Further Reading
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- The Bulletin of zoological nomenclature. London, International Trust for Zoological Nomenclature. url , , p. 2, p. 205, p. 208, p. 51.
Notes
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Contributors
- Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 15, 2012.
Data Sources
Accessed through GBIF Data Portal November 18, 2007:
- UK National Biodiversity Network, Conchological Society of Great Britain & Ireland - Mollusc
- data for Great Britain and Ireland
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 5444637
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 4706086
- Natural Heritage Network Species Identifier: IMGASZ9010
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 175157
Footnotes
- Mean = 112.380 meters (368.701 feet), Standard Deviation = 135.100 based on 7,189 observations. Altitude information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre. [back]
