Vallonia pulchella

Vallonia pulchella
A live individual of Vallonia pulchella
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Stylommatophora
Family: Valloniidae
Genus: Vallonia
Species:
V. pulchella
Binomial name
Vallonia pulchella
Synonyms
  • Helix (Glaphyra) pulchella O. F. Müller, 1774 superseded combination
  • Helix (Vallonia) pulchella O. F. Müller, 1774 superseded combination
  • † Helix (Vallonia) subpulchella var. oenotria De Stefani, 1880 junior subjective synonym (tentative junior synonym)
  • Helix adela Westerlund, 1874 junior subjective synonym
  • Helix extrema Westerlund, 1898 junior subjective synonym
  • Helix minuta Say, 1817 junior subjective synonym
  • Helix paludosa da Costa, 1778 junior subjective synonym
  • Helix pulchella Müller, 1774
  • Vallonia (Vallonia) pulchella (O. F. Müller, 1774) · alternate representation
  • † Vallonia subpulchella oenotria (De Stefani, 1880) junior subjective synonym (tentative junior synonym)

Vallonia pulchella, common name the lovely vallonia, is a species of very small air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Valloniidae.[2]

Apical view of the shell of Vallonia pulchella
Apertural view of the shell of Vallonia pulchella
Basal view of the shell of Vallonia pulchella
  1. ^ Müller O. F. 1774. Vermivm terrestrium et fluviatilium, seu animalium infusoriorum, helminthicorum, et testaceorum, non marinorum, succincta historia. Volumen alterum. pp. I-XXVI [= 1-36], 1-214, [1-10]. Havniæ & Lipsiæ. (Heineck & Faber).
  2. ^ MolluscaBase eds. (2023). MolluscaBase. Vallonia pulchella (O. F. Müller, 1774). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=875635 on 2023-01-21