Perpolita hammonis
Brown stripe glass snail ( Nesovitrea hammonis )
The brown stripe glass snail ( Nesovitrea hammonis ) is a native to Central Europe kind of giant snails gloss ( Zonitidae ). The brown stripe glass snail is referred to simply as strip glass snail, but this leads to confusion with the white stripes glass snail ( Nesovitrea petronella ).
Features
The housing has a max. Diameter (width) of 3.5 to 4.2 mm and a half flat, rapidly increasing whorls. They are lifted from one another only by a weak seam. The last whorl is well rounded outside and significantly expanded just before the elliptical mouth. The navel is open, moderately wide and deep, and is situated in the whorl not exactly in the middle. The housing is translucent, colorless, slightly reddish brown or slightly greenish. The surface is glossy and shows strong, regular radial lines. The aperture rim is thin and has a very weak lip. The body of the animal is black to blue- black.
Geographical distribution and habitat
The strip - glass snail is widespread Palaearctic, but without the south of the Mediterranean peninsulas. She lives in the leaf litter of moist to moderately dry coniferous and deciduous forests, especially on the slightly acid soils of beech forests. However, it comes, though much less frequently in open habitats such as swamps and wetlands and meadows before. It is widespread and common in the area generally; However, in the somewhat drier areas of the lowlands rare and scattered.
System
The species was first described in 1765 by Hans Strøm under the scientific name Helix Hammonis. The species was performed in combination Perpolita hammonis in the literature long. Perpolita Baker, 1928 is now considered by most authors as a synonym of Nesovitrea Cooke, 1921. Occasionally Perpolita is also treated as a subgenus of Nesovitrea.