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Fruticicola fruticum

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Fruticicola fruticum is a species of medium-sized, air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusc in the family Camaenidae.[1][3]

Phylum:Mollusca
Class:Gastropoda
Order:Stylommatophora
Family:Camaenidae
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Fruticicola fruticum
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Stylommatophora
Family: Camaenidae
Subfamily: Bradybaeninae
Tribe: Bradybaenini
Genus: Fruticicola
Species:
F. fruticum
Binomial name
Fruticicola fruticum
Synonyms
  • Bradybaena (Bradybaena) fruticum (Müller, 1774)
  • Helix fruticum Müller, 1774
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Shell description

The shell of this species is globular with a deep umbilicus. The shell color is whitish or brownish.

The maximum shell dimension is about 22 millimetres (0.87 in).

Distribution

Europe (until recently including the southeastern part of British Isles, where it was probably introduced.)

Life cycle

The size of the egg is 1.9 millimetres (0.075 in).[11]

This species of snail makes and uses love darts during mating.

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