Description: A delicate little shell with a broad, flattened spire of 3½ whorls. Umbilicus wide. Surface silky dull with faint irregular radial growth lines crossed by delicate spiral striae. Widespread. 3.5-4.2 mm.

World Distribution: Found across Europe except for the extreme north and extreme south. Distribution type: European Temperate (73).

Irish Distribution: Widely distributed and fairly common.

Key Identification Features:

• A small, whitish flattened shell of 3½ whorls
• Surface silky rather than glossy with irregular radial growth lines crossed by delicate spiral striae
• Colour is usually white but may be yellow-brown
• Animal pale grey to dark grey
• Umbilicus wide

Red list status:

• Least concern (lc).

Distribution Map from NBN: Aegopinella pura at National Biodiversity Network mapping facility, data for UK.

iNaturalist: Aegopinella pura at iNaturalist World Species Observations database.

GBIF data for Aegopinella pura | Classification: Gastropoda, Stylommatophora, Gastrodontidae, Aegopinella

Thumbnails for genus Aegopinella