Poiretia delesserti
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Poiretia delesserti is a predatory land snail from the family Spiraxidae , which isnativeto Greece and Albania andbelongs to the suborder of land snails (Stylommatophora).
features
The right-hand wound, spindle-shaped, very finely ribbed housing is about 3.4 to 3.8 cm long in the adult animal, reaches a diameter of about 1.3 to 1.5 cm and is thicker-walled than in other species of the genus. The case mouth is about 6.5 mm to 8 mm wide. The spindle is strongly curved at the base. The surface of the case is dirty light yellow.
Occurrence and distribution
Poiretia delesserti can be found both in forests and in scrubland ( macchia ). Their natural range extends from the island of Kerkyra and northern Epiros in northwest Greece to central Albania .
nutrition
Poiretia delesserti feeds on other shell snails of various species. Depending on the type of prey, it uses an acid secretion to etch holes in the shell that are characteristic of this species of predatory snail - as is the case with terrestrial snails - or it reaches the victim via the mouth of the shell .
literature
- Jules René Bourguignat (1852): Testacea novissima quæ Cl. de Saulcy in itinere per Orientem annis 1850 et 1851, collegit . S. [1], 5-31. Baillière, Lutetia 1852.
Web links
- F. Welter Schultes: Species summary for Poiretia delesserti (Bourguignat, 1852) . AnimalBase, SUB Goettingen.