Euconulus fulvus

Euconulus fulvus is a species of very small, air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Euconulidae, the hive snails.

Euconulus fulvus
Euconulus fulvus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Order:	Stylommatophora
Family:	Euconulidae
Genus:	Euconulus
Species:	E. fulvus
Binomial name
Euconulus fulvus (O. F. Müller, 1774)

Description

For terms see gastropod shell

The 2.0-2.5 x 2.8-3.5 mm shell is broader than high. The colour is yellowish brown. The shell surface on the upper side is rather pale, the lower side is rather silky and smooth. There is no umbilicus and the last whorl with a trace of a keel.^[1]

Distribution

This species occurs in countries and islands including:

• Czech Republic
• Ukraine^[2]
• Great Britain
• Ireland
• and other areas

Habitat

Euconulus fulvus occurs mainly in coniferous and deciduous forests, where it can be found in the litter or under deadwood pieces.^[3] It can tolerate substrates which are non-calcareous.^[1]