Bush Snail

Fruticicola fruticum

''Fruticicola fruticum'' is a species of medium-sized, air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusc in the family Bradybaenidae.
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Appearance

The shell of this species is globular with a deep umbilicus. The shell color is whitish or brownish.

The maximum shell dimension is about 22 millimetres .
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Distribution

Europe
⤷ Austria
⤷ Bulgaria
⤷ Czech Republic - least concern ...hieroglyph snipped...
⤷ Germany...hieroglyph snipped...
⤷ Great Britain - extinct
⤷ Netherlands
⤷ Poland
⤷ Slovakia
⤷ Ukraine

Behavior

The size of the egg is 1.9 millimetres .

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

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Taxonomy
KingdomAnimalia
DivisionMollusca
ClassGastropoda
OrderStylommatophora
FamilyCamaenidae
GenusFruticicola
SpeciesF. fruticum
Photographed in
Belgium
Bulgaria