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Pupilla sterrii
Pupilla sterrii is a species of small air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk or micromollusk in the family Pupillidae.
From the article Pupilla sterrii on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA), quoted section by section
Description
The shell is light horny coloured, weathering grey, finely ribbed. Whorls are strongly convex with deep suture. The aperture is with 2 teeth. The height of the shell is 2.8-3.5 mm. The width of the shell is 1.6 mm.
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Range & habitat
This species has a scattered distribution and occurs in a number of areas including Eurasia: the Alps and Carpathians to Turkey and NW China
Endangered in Germany Lower concern in Austria Lower concern in Switzerland Italy Vulnerable in the Czech Republic Slovakia Poland Ukraine In lower altitudes the species is threatened by continuous habitat destructions.
Wikipedia: “Distribution”
What it does
Pupilla sterrii lives in grass in very dry and sunny areas of limestone rock, between stones, and on dry meadows on calcareous substrate. In north Italy it occurs up to 2800 m. This species is Ovoviviparous.
Wikipedia: “Ecology”
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 976718.