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Pseudotrichia rubiginosa

Pseudotrichia rubiginosa
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Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Family: Hygromiidae
Genus: Pseudotrichia
Species: P. rubiginosa
Binomial name
Pseudotrichia rubiginosa
(Rossmässler, 1838)
Synonyms

Perforatella rubiginosa


Perforatella rubiginosa

Pseudotrichia rubiginosa, sometimes known as the "German hairy snail", is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Hygromiidae, the hairy snails and their allies.

This species of snail makes and uses love darts during mating.

The size of the egg is 1.6 mm.

The snail occurs in many areas throughout Europe:


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