Abida vergniesiana

Abida vergniesiana
Shell of Abida vergniesiana (specimen at MNHN, Paris)
Conservation status
Near Threatened  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Order:	Stylommatophora
Family:	Chondrinidae
Genus:	Abida
Species:	A. vergniesiana
Binomial name
Abida vergniesiana (Küster, 1847)
Synonyms
Abida pyrenaearia vergniesiana (Küster, 1847) Pupa provida Westerlund, 1902 Pupa vergniesiana Küster, 1847[2][3]

Abida vergniesiana is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusc in the family Chondrinidae.[1][2][3]

Geographic distribution

The native distribution of A. vergniesiana is restricted to France, where it occurs in the upper Garonne catchment in Ariège, and Andorra.[1]

Ecology

A. vergniesiana is a rock-dwelling species of land snail. It lives on limestone.[1]

See also

• List of non-marine molluscs of Metropolitan France
• List of non-marine molluscs of Andorra

References

1. Gargominy, O. (2011). "Abida vergniesiana". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2011: e.T190499A8801848. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2011-1.RLTS.T190499A8801848.en. Retrieved 13 November 2021.
2. "Abida vergniesiana (Küster, 1847) - Taxonomy". National inventory of natural heritage. Muséum national d'histoire naturelle. Retrieved 17 June 2014.
3. "Taxon details: Abida vergniesiana (Küster, 1847)". Fauna Europaea. Archived from the original on February 13, 2015. Retrieved 17 June 2014.