Solatopupa juliana

Solatopupa juliana
A live but retracted individual of Solatopupa juliana
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Heterobranchia

clade Euthyneura
clade Panpulmonata
clade Eupulmonata
clade Stylommatophora
informal group Orthurethra

Superfamily: Pupilloidea
Family: Chondrinidae
Genus: Solatopupa
Species: S. juliana
Binomial name
Solatopupa juliana
(Issel, 1866)[2]

Solatopupa juliana is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Chondrinidae.

Distribution

This species is present in the Italian mainland, with a peri-Tyrrhenian distribution, meaning around the Tyrrhenian Sea.

Description

The shell size reaches 10–15 millimetres (0.39–0.59 in) in length.

References

  1. Pall-Gergely B. (2011). Solatopupa juliana. In: IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2012.1. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 27 August 2012.
  2. Issel A. (1866). "Dei molluschi raccolti nella provincia de Pisa". Memorie della Società Italiana di Scienze Naturali 2(1): 1-36. Milano.
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