Ashfordia granulata, common name the "silky snail", is a species of medium-sized air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Hygromiidae, the hairy snails and their allies.
| Ashfordia granulata | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Order: | Stylommatophora |
| Family: | Hygromiidae |
| Genus: | Ashfordia |
| Species: | A. granulata |
| Binomial name | |
| Ashfordia granulata | |
This species is sometimes placed in the genus Monacha and known as Monacha granulata.[3][4]
Distribution
editThis species is known to occur mainly in:
- Ireland
- Great Britain, England
with small populations in:
- France
- Spain
Description
editThe 5-7 × 7-9 mm shell is whitish to pale brown and thin, translucent, with fine straight hairs with bulbous bases. There are 5.5-6 convex whorls with deep suture. The aperture is simple with a thin lip or without a lip. It is reflected only at the columellar side. The umbilicus is very narrow and partly covered by the reflected columellar margin. The mantle is with black spots.[5]
Life cycle
editThe size of the egg is 1 mm.[6]
References
edit- ↑ Seddon, M.B.; Killeen, I.; Moorkens, E. (2025). "Ashfordia granulata". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2025 e.T156867A220195993. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2025-2.RLTS.T156867A220195993.en. Retrieved 27 June 2026.
- ↑ Alder J. (1830). "A catalogue of the land and fresh-water testaceous Mollusca found in the vicinity of Newcastle upon Tyne, with remarks". Transactions of the Natural History Society of Northumberland and Durham. 1 (1): 26–41.
- ↑ "Monacha granulata". zipcodezoo.com. Retrieved 26 January 2022.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link) - ↑ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-06-13. Retrieved 2008-12-25.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ↑ "AnimalBase :: Ashfordia granulata species homepage". Animalbase.uni-goettingen.de. Retrieved 5 March 2022.
- ↑ Heller J. (2001). "Life History Strategies". In Barker G. M. (ed.). The biology of terrestrial molluscs. Oxon, UK: CABI Publishing. p. 428. ISBN 0-85199-318-4.
External links
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- Ashfordia granulata at Animalbase taxonomy, short description, distribution, biology, status (threats), images
- Image from Habitas
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