Abida secale
Species of gastropod
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Abida secale is a species of small air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusc in the family Chondrinidae.
| Abida secale | |
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| Eight shells of Abida secale scale bar in mm | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Order: | Stylommatophora |
| Family: | Chondrinidae |
| Genus: | Abida |
| Species: | A. secale |
| Binomial name | |
| Abida secale (Draparnaud, 1801)[2] | |
Distribution
The distribution of this species is Western European and Alpine regions.[3]
This species is known to occur in a number of Western European countries and islands including:
- Great Britain: England
- Sardinia
- Switzerland
- and other areas
Habitat
This species only occurs on calcareous rocks.
Subspecies
This species has a number of named subspecies:
- Abida secale secale
- Abida secale cadiensis Gittenberger, 1973
- Abida secale lilietensis (Bofill, 1886)
- Abida secale margaridae Bech, 1988
- Abida secale branopsis (Bofill, 1886)
- Abida secale vilellai Kokshoorn & Gittenberger, 2010[4]
- Abida secale peteri Kokshoorn & Gittenberger, 2010[4]
- Abida secale merijni Kokshoorn & Gittenberger, 2010[4]
- Abida secale ionicae Kokshoorn & Gittenberger, 2010[4]
