Zenobiellina subrufescens
Species of gastropod
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Zenobiellina subrufescens is a species of small air-breathing land snail, a pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the subfamily Hygromiinae of the family Hygromiidae.[3][2]
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| Zenobiellina subrufescens | |
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| Shell of Zenobiella subrufescens (specimen at MNHN, Paris) | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Order: | Stylommatophora |
| Superfamily: | Helicoidea |
| Family: | Hygromiidae |
| Genus: | Zenobiellina |
| Species: | Z. subrufescens |
| Binomial name | |
| Zenobiellina subrufescens | |
| Synonyms[2] | |
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Description
For terms see gastropod shell
The 4-6 x 6-10 mm shell has 4.5-5 convex whorls with moderate suture. It is slightly shouldered above the periphery, the aperture is usually without a lip inside and the umbilicus is very narrow, and partly covered by the reflected columellar margin. The shell is pale brown, very finely striated, thin and transparent.[4]
Distribution
Life cycle
The size of the egg is 1.5 × 1 mm.[6]
