Abida secale

Abida secale is a species of small air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusc in the family Chondrinidae.

Abida secale
Eight shells of Abida secale scale bar in mm
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Order:	Stylommatophora
Family:	Chondrinidae
Genus:	Abida
Species:	A. secale
Binomial name
Abida secale (Draparnaud, 1801)[2]

Distribution

The distribution of this species is Western European and Alpine regions.^[3]

This species is known to occur in a number of Western European countries and islands including:

• Great Britain: England
• Sardinia
• Switzerland
• and other areas

Habitat

This species only occurs on calcareous rocks.

Subspecies

This species has a number of named subspecies:

• Abida secale secale
• Abida secale cadiensis Gittenberger, 1973
• Abida secale lilietensis (Bofill, 1886)
• Abida secale margaridae Bech, 1988
• Abida secale branopsis (Bofill, 1886)
• Abida secale vilellai Kokshoorn & Gittenberger, 2010^[4]
• Abida secale peteri Kokshoorn & Gittenberger, 2010^[4]
• Abida secale merijni Kokshoorn & Gittenberger, 2010^[4]
• Abida secale ionicae Kokshoorn & Gittenberger, 2010^[4]