Allognathus graellsianus
{{Short description|Species of gastropod}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2020}}
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| image = Allognathus graellsianus shell.jpg
| image_caption = Apertural view of the shell of Allognathus graellsianus
| status = LC
| status_system = IUCN3.1
| taxon = Allognathus graellsianus
| authority = (Pfeiffer, 1853)
| synonyms = *Helix grateloupi Graells, 1846
- Helix graellsiana Pfeiffer, 1848
}}
Allognathus graellsianus is a species of land snail in the family Helicidae, the true snails. It is endemic to Mallorca, one of Spain's Balearic Islands. This taxa is the type species of the genus Allognathus.
The snail lives in cracks in rocks and walls and is only active when it rains.
Description
A. graellsianus presents a thin globose shell. It has from 4 to 4 ½ whorls of fast growth, showing 5 bands well separated and usually discontinued. The aperture is oval-rounded with a reddish brown reflected peristome. The umbilicus is completely closed.{{Cite journal|last=Chueca|first=Luis J.|last2=Forés|first2=Maximino|last3=Gómez-Moliner|first3=Benjamín J.|date=2013|title=Consideraciones nomenclaturales sobre las especies del género Allognathus (Gastropoda: Pulmonata: Helicidae) y estudio anatómico de Allognathus hispanicus tanitianus|journal=Iberus|volume=31|pages=63–74}}
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Distribution
The species is distributed along northwestern Tramuntana Mountains (western Mallorca), cohabiting in many localities with A. hispanicus.
References
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External links
- http://luisjavierchueca.com/research-3/allognathus/
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Category:Endemic fauna of the Balearic Islands
Category:Gastropods described in 1853
Category:Taxonomy articles created by Polbot
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