Western glass-snail
A species of Vitrina, Also known as Pellucid glass-snail Scientific name : Vitrina pellucida Genus : Vitrina
Western glass-snail, A species of Vitrina
Also known as:
Pellucid glass-snail
Botanical name: Vitrina pellucida
Genus: Vitrina
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Description
Description
This species is a 'semi-slug' with a flattened, globular shell. The animal is pale grey with darker head and tentacles. It is large in comparison with the shell, and cannot completely retreat into it.The shell is subglobose, somewhat smooth, pellucid and greenish hyaline in colour. The shell has 3 whorls that enlarge rapidly and are somewhat convex. The body whorl is wide and a little flattened below. The suture is wrinkled. The aperture is lunately rounded. The umbilicus is very small. The width of the shell is 6 mm, the height is 3.5 mm.
Colors
Brown
Yellow
White
Habitat
Moist area; shady area; meadow; grassland; deciduous forest; coniferous forest; waste ground
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Scientific Classification
Phylum
Molluscs Class
Snails and slugs Family
Glass snails Genus
Vitrina Species
Western glass-snail 
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