Trochoidea elegans

Trochoidea elegans
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Order:	Stylommatophora
Family:	Geomitridae
Genus:	Trochoidea
Species:	T. elegans
Binomial name
Trochoidea elegans (Gmelin, 1791)
Synonyms
Helix elegans Gmelin, 1791 (original combination) Trochoidea scitula G.J. De Cristofori & G. Jan, 1832 Trochoidea solarium A. Risso, 1826 Trochoidea terrestris E. Donovan, 1801 Trochoidea trochillus J.L.M. Poiret, 1789 Trochoidea trochlea L. Pfeiffer, 1846 Trochoidea (Trochoidea) elegans (Gmelin, 1791) alternate representation

Trochoidea elegans is a species of European air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Geomitridae, the hairy snails and their allies.^[1][2][3][4]

This species is known to occur in a number of European countries and islands including:^[1][2][3]

• Great Britain
• France
• Belgium
• Germany
• Spain
• Italy, including Sardinia

• Provoost, S.; Bonte, D. (Ed.) (2004). Animated dunes: a view of biodiversity at the Flemish coast [Levende duinen: een overzicht van de biodiversiteit aan de Vlaamse kust]. Mededelingen van het Instituut voor Natuurbehoud, 22. Instituut voor Natuurbehoud: Brussel, Belgium. ISBN 90-403-0205-7. 416, ill., appendices pp

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• Image of a large group of shells at: [1]^{[permanent dead link]}
• Gmelin J.F. (1791). Vermes. In: Gmelin J.F. (Ed.) Caroli a Linnaei Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Ed. 13. Tome 1(6). G.E. Beer, Lipsiae