Lozekia transsilvanica
Species of gastropod
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Lozekia transsilvanica[2][3] is a species of small air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Hygromiidae, the hairy snails and their allies. This species is also known as Hygromia transsylvanica.[4]
| Lozekia transsilvanica | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Order: | Stylommatophora |
| Family: | Hygromiidae |
| Genus: | Lozekia |
| Species: | L. transsilvanica |
| Binomial name | |
| Lozekia transsilvanica (Westerlund, 1876)[1] | |
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Distribution
Description
The shell of Lozekia transsilvanica is horny grey, greenish or yellowish brown in color, and is extremely finely striated.[3] The surface has fine and short (0.08-0.25 mm) riblets (120-160/mm2).[3] The shell has 5 weakly convex whorls, which rapidly increase in size.[3] The last whorl is inflated and has a weak edge at the periphery, which is slowly and straightly descending near the aperture.[3] The margin is straight and thin.[3] The umbilicus is very narrow and is almost covered by the reflected columellar margin.[3]
The width of the shell is 5.5-6.5 mm.[3] The height of the shell is 4.5–6 mm.[3]
Lozekia transsilvanica differs from Lozekia kovacsi in its larger (120-160 per square mm in Lozekia transsilvanica, 180-500 in Lozekia kovacsi) and longer riblets (Lozekia transsilvanica 0.08-0.25 mm, Lozekia kovacsi 0.055-0.09 mm).[3]