Description: A slightly larger shell than Euconulus cf. alderi and paler, less glossy, almost silky. Spiral striae on the base are faint. Animal usually pale grey. Found in a variety of habitats but mainly woods. 2.8-3.5 mm.

World Distribution: Found throughout Europe north to the Arctic Circle and eastwards through Eurasia to the Pacific. Also in North America. Distribution type: Circumpolar Wide-temperate (66).

Irish Distribution: Ubiquitous in damp, sheltered places across the island.

Ecology:

• Prefers shaded places and tends to occur mainly in woodland, where it lives on fallen twigs and in leaf litter
• A range of habitats may be occupied, from fairly wet to dry and from calcareous to distinctly acid, as under conifers
• Less common in open habitats but occurs occasionally in fens and marshes with E. cf. alderi

Key Identification Features:

• A small top-shaped, yellow-brown shell
• Surface dull, silky
• Animal grey, sometimes dark on the back but never on the mantle (i.e. showing through the shell)
• Size larger on average than E. cf. alderi

Taxonomy:

• See under Euconulus cf. alderi.

Red list status:

• Least concern (lc)..

Distribution Map from NBN: Euconulus cf. fulvus at National Biodiversity Network mapping facility, data for UK.

iNaturalist: Euconulus cf. fulvus at iNaturalist World Species Observations database.

GBIF data for | Classification: Gastropoda, Stylommatophora, Euconulidae, Euconulus

Thumbnails for genus Euconulus