Backeljaia gigaxii
Species of gastropod
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Backeljaia gigaxii is a species of air-breathing land snail, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusc in the family Geomitridae.[1]
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| Backeljaia gigaxii | |
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| Backeljaia gigaxii shells (specimen at MNHN, Paris) | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Order: | Stylommatophora |
| Superfamily: | Helicoidea |
| Family: | Geomitridae |
| Genus: | Backeljaia |
| Species: | B. gigaxii |
| Binomial name | |
| Backeljaia gigaxii (L. Pfeiffer, 1847) | |
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Description
The 5.4-8.1 × 7.4-12.2 mm. shell of this species has, in comparison with Candidula intersecta, whorls that increase more rapidly, the inside of the umbilicus is very narrow, but remarkably wider at last whorl. The shell is light brown or sandy-coloured with pale colour bands. It is usually flatter and larger than the shell of C. intersecta.[2]
Distribution
This species is known to occur in a number of Western European countries and islands including:
- Great Britain
- Ireland
- France
- Italy
- Belgium
- Netherlands
- Germany
- Spain
