Cecilioides acicula
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| Cecilioides acicula | |
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| Two fresh shells of Cecilioides acicula, the scale bar is in millimeters | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Order: | Stylommatophora |
| Family: | Ferussaciidae |
| Genus: | Cecilioides |
| Species: | C. acicula |
| Binomial name | |
| Cecilioides acicula (O. F. Müller, 1774)[1] | |
| Synonyms | |
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Caecilianella acicula (Müller) | |
Cecilioides acicula, common name the "blind snail" or "blind awlsnail", is a species of very small, air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Ferussaciidae.[2]
This is a subterranean species.
Habitat
The habitat of this species is underground, quite some distance below the surface. It is more common in soils with a high level of calcium.[4]
Because of its subterranean habitat, this species is often found only as an empty shell, in such places as mole hills, ant hills, or in flood debris of rivers.
