Pupilla sterrii
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| Pupilla sterrii | |
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| Shell of Pupilla sterrii (specimen at MNHN, Paris) | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Order: | Stylommatophora |
| Family: | Pupillidae |
| Genus: | Pupilla |
| Species: | P. sterrii |
| Binomial name | |
| Pupilla sterrii | |
| Synonyms | |
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Pupa Sterrii Forster & Voith, 1840 | |
Pupilla sterrii is a species of small air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk or micromollusk in the family Pupillidae.
This species has a scattered distribution and occurs in a number of areas including Eurasia: the Alps and Carpathians to Turkey and NW China[2]
- Endangered in Germany[2]
- Lower concern in Austria[2]
- Lower concern in Switzerland[2]
- Italy[2]
- Vulnerable in the Czech Republic[3]
- Slovakia[4]
- Poland
- Ukraine[5]
In lower altitudes the species is threatened by continuous habitat destructions.[2]
