Abida attenuata explained

Abida attenuata is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusc in the family Chondrinidae.^[1]

Geographic distribution

Abida attenuata is found only in two disjunct populations, one in the Eastern Pyrenees in France, and one in the Basque Country in Spain.

Ecology

Abida attenuata is a rock-dwelling species of land snail. It lives on limestone.

Sources

• Kerney, M.P., Cameron, R.A.D. & Jungbluth, J-H. (1983). Die Landschnecken Nord- und Mitteleuropas. Ein Bestimmungsbuch für Biologen und Naturfreunde, 384 pp., 24 plates. [Summer or later]. Hamburg / Berlin (Paul Parey). page(s): 292
• Bank, R. A.; Neubert, E. (2017). Checklist of the land and freshwater Gastropoda of Europe. Last update: July 16, 2017

Notes and References

1. MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Abida attenuata (Fagot, 1886). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1001798 on 2020-05-04