Anguispira alternata facts for kids
Quick facts for kids Anguispira alternata |
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| Engravinging of a shell of Anguispira alternata from W. G. Binney, 1878. | |
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clade Heterobranchia clade Euthyneura
clade Panpulmonata clade Eupulmonata clade Stylommatophora informal group Sigmurethra |
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Punctoidea
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Discidae
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Anguispira
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| Species: |
A. alternata
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| Anguispira alternata (Say, 1816)
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Pyramidula alternata |
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Anguispira alternata, common name the flamed disc or flamed tigersnail, is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Discidae, the disk snails. Flamed discs are medium-sized snails, with shells ranging from 17 to 25 millimeters (0.67 to 0.98 inches) in diameter. They are found around logs, hollow trees, and rocks in wooded areas throughout eastern North America, ranging from New Brunswick, Canada, south to northern Florida, and west to northeastern Texas, Kansas and western Minnesota. Flamed disks are herbivores that feed on decaying plant material, fungi, and algae.
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Apical view of the shell
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Umbilical view of the shell
Parasites
Parasites of Anguispira alternata include:
- Parelaphostrongylus tenuis
- Postharmostomum helicis
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