Pyramidula jaenensis explained
Pyramidula umbilicata is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Pyramidulidae.
Shell description
The width of the shell is up to 2.2 mm, the height is up to 2.7 mm.
Distribution
This species occurs in:
- Spain - in the south of the Iberian Peninsula[1]
- southern Portugal (according to Gittenberger 1996,[2] but not mentioned in later article by Martínez-Ortí 2007[1])
Notes and References
- Alberto Martínez-Ortí, Benjamín J. Gómez-Moliner & Carlos E. Prieto. 2007. El género Pyramidula Fitzinger 1833 (Gastropoda, Pulmonata) en la Península Ibérica. The genus Pyramidula Fitzinger 1833 (Gastropoda, Pulmonata) in the Iberian Peninsula. Iberus, Sociedad Española de Malacología, 25 (1): 77-87.
- Gittenberger E. & Bank R. A. 1996. A new start in Pyramidula (Gastropoda Pulmonata: Pyramidulidae). Basteria 60: 71-78.