Vallonia costata
Encyclopedia
Vallonia costata is a species of air-breathing land snail
, a terrestrial
pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Valloniidae
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Land snail
A land snail is any of the many species of snail that live on land, as opposed to those that live in salt water and fresh water. Land snails are terrestrial gastropod mollusks that have shells, It is not always an easy matter to say which species are terrestrial, because some are more or less...
, a terrestrial
Terrestrial animal
Terrestrial animals are animals that live predominantly or entirely on land , as compared with aquatic animals, which live predominantly or entirely in the water , or amphibians, which rely on a combination of aquatic and terrestrial habitats...
pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Valloniidae
Valloniidae
Valloniidae is a taxonomic family of small and minute, air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the clade Stylommatophora.-Anatomy:...
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Distribution
This species occurs in areas including:- Great Britain
- Ireland
- Czech Republic
- Slovakia
- Poland
- Netherlands
- Latvia
- and other areas