Oxyloma retusum

Oxyloma retusum
NE[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Heterobranchia

clade Euthyneura
clade Panpulmonata
clade Eupulmonata
clade Stylommatophora
clade Elasmognatha

Superfamily: Succineoidea
Family: Succineidae
Genus: Oxyloma
Species: O. retusum
Binomial name
Oxyloma retusum
(Lea, 1834)
Synonyms

Oxyloma retusa

Oxyloma retusum,[2] common name the blunt ambersnail, is a species of small land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk belonging to the family Succineidae.

Distribution

This species occurs in North America.

Biology

This snail eats dead and green plants in the summer, and only dead plants during the winter.[3]

References

  1. IUCN 2007. 2007 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 26 August 2008.
  2. Örstan A. (2010). "Reproductive biology and annual population cycle of Oxyloma retusum (Pulmonata: Succineidae)". Amer. Malac. Bull. 28: 113-120. PDF.
  3. Örstan A. (2006). "Natural diet of Oxyloma retusa (Pulmonata: Succineidae)". Triton 13: 36-37. PDF.


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