Description: A small, slightly barrel-shaped, cylindrical shell of 7 whorls with blunt spire. Aperture oval with a reflected and thickened, whitish lip but no internal rib or callus. Whorls, moderately convex. There is a single white or horn-coloured parietal denticle. Common. 3.5-4 mm.

World Distribution: Distributed mostly near western seaboards in Europe from 64°N in Norway to the Mediterranean where it extends east to Greece. If one disregards the extremities of its range in northern Europe and in the east Mediterranean, it is essentially Mediterranean-Atlantic (91).

Irish Distribution: Common in most areas.

Ecology:

• Rupestral or arboreal and ubiquitous on walls, rocks and screes
• Common also in woodland and in gardens

Key Identification Features:

• A small, cylindrical, blunt-spired shell of seven whorls
• Aperture oval with a reflected white lip and a single white tro brown parietal tooth or denticle
• Surface slightly glossy to dull, rich brown, slightly striate

Red list status:

• Least concern (lc).

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

iNaturalist: Lauria cylindracea at iNaturalist World Species Observations database.

GBIF data for Lauria cylindracea | Classification: Gastropoda, Stylommatophora, Lauriidae, Lauria

Thumbnails for genus Lauria