Pyramidula rupestris

{{Short description|Species of gastropod}}

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| image = Pyramidula rupestris 01.jpg

| image_caption = Five views of a shell of Pyramidula rupestris

| genus = Pyramidula (gastropod)

| species = rupestris

| authority = (Draparnaud, 1801)Draparnaud J. P. R. 1801. Tableau des mollusques terrestres et fluviatiles de la France. pp. [1-2], 1-116. Montpellier, Paris. (Renaud; Bossange, Masson & Besson).

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  • Delomphalus rupestris (Draparnaud, 1801) · unaccepted (unaccepted combination)
  • Helix (Patula) rupestris Draparnaud, 1801 · unaccepted (unaccepted combination)
  • Helix hierosolymitana Bourguignat, 1852 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
  • Helix rupestris Draparnaud, 1801 · unaccepted (original combination)
  • Helix rupestris var. trochoides Moquin-Tandon, 1855 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
  • Helix saxatilis Hartmann, 1821 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
  • Patula (Pyramidula) rupestris (Draparnaud, 1801) · unaccepted (unaccepted combination)
  • Pyramidula (Pyramidula) rupestris Draparnaud, 1801

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Pyramidula rupestris is a species of very small, air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks or micromollusks in the family Pyramidulidae.MolluscaBase eds. (2022). MolluscaBase. Pyramidula rupestris (Draparnaud, 1801). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1002794 on 2022-03-15

The variety Pyramidula rupestris var. nylanderi Morse, 1920is a synonym of Planogyra asteriscus (Morse, 1857)

Shell description

The width of the shell is up to 2.7 mm, the height is up to 2.5 mm.Gittenberger E. & Bank R. A. 1996. A new start in Pyramidula (Gastropoda Pulmonata: Pyramidulidae). Basteria 60: 71-78.

Distribution

This species occurs in:

  • The entire Mediterranean region
  • Dalmatia
  • SpainAlberto Martínez-Ortí, Benjamín J. Gómez-Moliner & Carlos E. Prieto. 2007. [http://www.naturamuseo.org/documents/publicaciones/mar_orti_2007.pdf El género Pyramidula Fitzinger 1833 (Gastropoda, Pulmonata) en la Península Ibérica. The genus Pyramidula Fitzinger 1833 (Gastropoda, Pulmonata) in the Iberian Peninsula]. Iberus, Sociedad Española de Malacología, 25 (1): 77-87.
  • The Alps[http://www.animalbase.uni-goettingen.de/zooweb/servlet/AnimalBase/home/species?id=1201 Pyramidula rupestris]. AnimalBase, accessed 13 December 2008.
  • Northern Italy
  • Greece
  • Israel
  • Asia
  • Morocco

References

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  • Gittenberger, E. & Bank, R.A. (1996). A new start in Pyramidula (Gastropoda Pulmonata: Pyramidellidae). Basteria, 60 (1/3): 71–78. Leiden
  • Kerney, M.P., Cameron, R.A.D. & Jungbluth, J-H. (1983). Die Landschnecken Nord- und Mitteleuropas. Ein Bestimmungsbuch für Biologen und Naturfreunde, 384 pp., 24 plates.
  • Sysoev, A. V. & Schileyko, A. A. (2009). Land snails and slugs of Russia and adjacent countries. Sofia/Moskva (Pensoft). 312 pp., 142 plates
  • Bank, R. A.; Neubert, E. (2017). Checklist of the land and freshwater Gastropoda of Europe. Last update: July 16, 2017