Trochulus striolatus

Trochulus striolatus, previously known as Trichia striolata, common name the "strawberry snail," is a species of tiny, air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Hygromiidae. This species of snail uses love darts before mating.

Trochulus striolatus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Order:	Stylommatophora
Family:	Hygromiidae
Genus:	Trochulus
Species:	T. striolatus
Binomial name
Trochulus striolatus (Pfeiffer, 1828)[1]
Synonyms
Trichia striolata

Description

The round 10–15 mm. shell has a depressed, low, conical spire. The whorls are convex, with relatively deep sutures, while the last one is angled on the periphery. The colour is whitish to yellowish-brown or reddish-brown, having irregular growth lines and often a pale band on the angled periphery. The adult shell is hairless but bears scattered coarse hair when juvenile.

Distribution

This snail is native to northwestern Europe, occurring in:

• British Isles: Great Britain and Ireland
• Netherlands
• Slovakia

The distribution of the subspecies Trochulus striolatus danubialis is Danubian.^[2]