Abida (gastropod) explained

Abida is a genus of small air-breathing land snails, terrestrial gastropod mollusks in the family Chondrinidae.

Distribution

This is a European genus. It consists of about 10 species, most of which are restricted to the Pyrenees and Cantabrian mountains in France and Spain. Only Abida secale and Abida polyodon occur outside this area.

Species

The species in this genus include:^{[1] [2] [3]}

Habitat

The species in this genus all are restricted to areas with calcareous rocks, i.e. limestone areas.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Abida Turton 1831. https://web.archive.org/web/20131001095158/http://www.faunaeur.org/full_results.php?id=421994. dead. October 1, 2013. Fauna Europaea. 4 May 2014.
2. Web site: Species in genus Abida . AnimalBase. 4 May 2014.
3. Kokshoorn, B. and Gittenberger, E. 2010. Chondrinidae taxonomy revisited: New synonymies, new taxa, and a checklist of species and subspecies (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Pulmonata). Zootaxa 2539: 1-62.