Eastern Heath Snail

Xerolenta obvia

''Xerolenta obvia'' is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial gastropod mollusk in the family Hygromiidae, the hairy snails and their allies.
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Distribution

This land snail occurs in European countries including:
⤷  Bulgaria
⤷  Romania
⤷  Czech Republic
⤷  Poland
⤷  Slovakia
⤷  Ukraine
⤷ Canada
⤷ Wayne County, Michigan United States of America Detected in 2002
⤷  and others

This species is already established in the USA, and is considered to represent a potentially serious threat as a pest, an invasive species which could negatively affect agriculture, natural ecosystems, human health or commerce. Therefore it has been suggested that this species be given top national quarantine significance in the USA.

Behavior

The size of the egg is 1.5 mm.

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Taxonomy
KingdomAnimalia
DivisionMollusca
ClassGastropoda
OrderStylommatophora
FamilyGeomitridae
GenusXerolenta
SpeciesX. obvia
Photographed in
Bulgaria