Leucophytia bidentata facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Leucophytia bidentata
Leucophytia bidentata on the right and Myosotella myosotis on the left
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Heterobranchia clade Euthyneura clade Panpulmonata clade Eupulmonata
Superfamily:	Ellobioidea
Family:	Ellobiidae
Genus:	Leucophytia
Species:	L. bidentata
Binomial name
Leucophytia bidentata (Montagu, 1808)
Synonyms
Alexia bidentata (Montagu, 1808) Alexia kobelti Caruana, 1890 (junior synonym) Alexia paivana L. Pfeiffer, 1866 (junior synonym) Auricula bivonae Philippi, 1841 Auricula erosa Jeffreys, 1830 Auricula micheli Mittre, 1841 Auriculinella (Leucophytia) bidentata (Montagu, 1808) (unaccepted combination) Auriculinella bidentata (Montagu, 1808) Leuconia bidentata (Montagu, 1808) (invalid generic name) Leuconia bivonae (Philippi, 1841) Leuconia micheli (Mittre, 1841) (junior synonym) Ovatella micheli (Mittre, 1841) Voluta alba W. Turton, 1819 Voluta bidentata Montagu, 1808

Leucophytia bidentata is a species of small air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Ellobiidae.

Description

For terms see gastropod shell.

The shell is 5–7 mm. high x 2–4 mm.wide. It is either white or horny to reddish brown and the shell has 6-7 very weakly convex whorls. The last whorl is 75% of the shell height and the apex is pointed. The aperture has a white layer at the parietal side, the parietalis (the spiral ridge on the parietal region projecting into the interior of the shell) is usually strong. The columellaris (or internal lip of the shell aperture) is moderately or indistinctly developed. There is no umbilicus.

Biology

This species of snail is semi-marine in habitat.

a shell of Leucophytia bidentata

Distribution

This species is found on the coasts of the eastern Atlantic Ocean:

• Belgium
• France
• Great Britain
• Ireland
• The Netherlands

and the Mediterranean Sea:

• Turkey

Common name

The two-toothed white snail.