Zebrina detrita explained

Zebrina detrita (also known as the striped wood snail, banded wood snail or leopard snail) is a medium-sized species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusc in the family Enidae.^[1]

Subspecies:

• Zebrina detrita detrita (O. F. Müller, 1774)
• Zebrina detrita sallake Fehér & Erőss, 2009

Description

The width of the shell is 12 mm. The height of the shell is 25 mm.

Distribution

The distribution of this species is Central European and Southern European.^[2]

• Czech Republic - endangered (EN) in Bohemia, critically endangered (CR) in Moravia^[3]
• Bulgaria
• Hungary
• Slovakia
• Ukraine^[4]
• Israel
• Italy

Habitat

This species lives in relatively dry areas.

References

• Studer, S. (1820). Kurzes Verzeichnis der bis jetzt in unserm Vaterlande entdeckten Conchylien. Naturwissenschaftlicher Anzeiger der Allgemeinen Schweizerischen Gesellschaft für die Gesammten Naturwissenschaften, 3 (11): 83–90; (12): 91–94. Bern
• Bank, R. A.; Neubert, E. (2017). Checklist of the land and freshwater Gastropoda of Europe. Last update: July 16, 2017.
• Bank, R. A. & Menkhorst, H. P. M. G. (1992). Notizen zur Familie Enidae, 4. Revision der griechischen Arten der Gattungen Ena, Zebrina, Napaeopsis und Turanena (Gastropoda Pulmonata: Pupilloidea). Basteria. 56 (4/6): 105–158. Leiden
• Sysoev, A. V. & Schileyko, A. A. (2009). Land snails and slugs of Russia and adjacent countries. Sofia/Moskva (Pensoft). 312 pp., 142 plates.
• https://www.biolib.cz/en/taxon/id2715

External links

• Müller, O. F. (1774). Vermium terrestrium et fluviatilium, seu animalium infusorium, Helminthicorum, et testaceorum, non marinorum, succincta historia. vol 2: I-XXXVI, 1-214, 10 unnumbered pages. Havniae et Lipsiae, apud Heineck et Faber, ex officina Molleriana
• Bruguière J.G. (1789-1792). Encyclopédie méthodique ou par ordre de matières. Histoire naturelle des vers, volume 1. Paris: Pancoucke. Pp. i-xviii, 1-344
• Kormos, T. (1906). Beiträge zur Molluskenfauna des kroatischen Karstes. Nachrichtsblatt der Deutschen Malakozoologischen Gesellschaft. 38: 73-84, 140-154. Frankfurt am Main

Notes and References

1. MolluscaBase eds. (2023). MolluscaBase. Zebrina detrita (O. F. Müller, 1774). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1002092 on 2023-11-04
2. Lisický M. J. (1991). Mollusca Slovenska [The Slovak molluscs]. VEDA vydavateľstvo Slovenskej akadémie vied, Bratislava, 344 pp.
3. Juřičková L., Horsák M. & Beran L. (2001). "Check-list of the molluscs (Mollusca) of the Czech Republic". Acta Soc. Zool. Bohem. 65: 25-40.
4. Web site: ENIDAE, Thoanteus gibber dextrorsa | Conchology.