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Heterobranchia
clade Euthyneura clade Panpulmonata clade Eupulmonata clade Stylommatophora informal group Sigmurethra |
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Species: | L. transsilvanica
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Lozekia transsilvanica (
Westerlund, 1876)
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Lozekia transsilvanica [2] [3] is a species of small air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Hygromiidae, the hairy snails and their allies. This species is also known as Hygromia transsylvanica. [4]
This species occurs in:
The shell of Lozekia transsilvanica is horny grey, greenish or yellowish brown in color, and is extremely finely striated. [3] The surface has fine and short (0.08-0.25 mm) riblets (120-160/mm2). [3] The shell has 5 weakly convex whorls, which rapidly increase in size. [3] The last whorl is inflated and has a weak edge at the periphery, which is slowly and straightly descending near the aperture. [3] The margin is straight and thin. [3] The umbilicus is very narrow and is almost covered by the reflected columellar margin. [3]
The width of the shell is 5.5-6.5 mm. [3] The height of the shell is 4.5–6 mm. [3]
Lozekia transsilvanica differs from Lozekia kovacsi in its larger (120-160 per square mm in Lozekia transsilvanica, 180-500 in Lozekia kovacsi) and longer riblets (Lozekia transsilvanica 0.08-0.25 mm, Lozekia kovacsi 0.055-0.09 mm). [3]
This article incorporates public domain text from the reference. [3]