Oxyloma retusum,[2] common name the blunt ambersnail, is a species of small land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk belonging to the family Succineidae.
| Oxyloma retusum | |
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| Oxyloma retusum shell | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Order: | Stylommatophora |
| Family: | Succineidae |
| Genus: | Oxyloma |
| Species: | O. retusum |
| Binomial name | |
| Oxyloma retusum (Lea, 1834) | |
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Distribution
editThis species occurs in North America.
Biology
editThis snail eats dead and green plants in the summer, and only dead plants during the winter.[3]
References
edit- ↑ NatureServe. "Oxyloma retusum". NatureServe Explorer. Arlington, Virginia. Retrieved 16 June 2026.
- ↑ Örstan A. (2010). "Reproductive biology and annual population cycle of Oxyloma retusum (Pulmonata: Succineidae)". Amer. Malac. Bull. 28: 113-120. PDF.
- ↑ Örstan A. (2006). "Natural diet of Oxyloma retusa (Pulmonata: Succineidae)". Triton 13: 36-37. PDF.
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