Oxyloma patentissima

Oxyloma patentissima
Drawing of an apertural view of the shell of Oxyloma patentissima
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Heterobranchia

clade Euthyneura
clade Panpulmonata
clade Eupulmonata
clade Stylommatophora
clade Elasmognatha

Superfamily: Succineoidea
Family: Succineidae
Subfamily: Succineinae
Genus: Oxyloma
Species: O. patentissima
Binomial name
Oxyloma patentissima
(Pfeiffer, 1853)
Synonyms

Succinea patentissima

Oxyloma patentissima is a species of land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Succineidae, the amber snails.[1]

Distribution

The distribution of Oxyloma patentissima includes:

Description

The width of the shell is 5.1-5.3 mm; the height of the shell is 8.9-10.4 mm.[1]

Ecology

Oxyloma patentissima lives only in very wet habitats. It is an amphibious species living around freshwater habitats such as streams and lakes, and also in mangroves. This species can also be ecologically considered as a freshwater snail.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 van Bruggen A. C. & Appleton C. C. (1977). "Studies on the ecology and systematics of the terrestrial molluscs of the lake Sibaya area of Zululand, South Africa". Zoologische Verhandelingen 154: 3-48. page 21-23. PDF.
  2. "Oxyloma patentissima". GBIF, accessed 28 March 2011.
  3. Brendonck L. et al. (2003). "The impact of water hyacinth (Eichhornia crassipes) in a eutrophic subtropical impoundment (Lake Chivero, Zimbabwe). II. Species diversity". Arch. Hydrobiol. 158(3): 389-405. PDF.
  4. Oberholzer G. & Van Eeden J. A. (1967). "The freshwater molluscs of the Kruger National Park". Koedoe - African Protected Area Conservation and Science 10(1): 1-42. doi:10.4102/koedoe.v10i1.762, PDF. page 26, Fig. 20.
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