Pseudotrichia rubiginosa | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Family: | Hygromiidae |
Genus: | Pseudotrichia |
Species: | P. rubiginosa |
Binomial name | |
Pseudotrichia rubiginosa (Rossmässler, 1838) |
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Synonyms | |
Perforatella rubiginosa |
Perforatella rubiginosa
Pseudotrichia rubiginosa, sometimes known as the "German hairy snail", is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Hygromiidae, the hairy snails and their allies.
This species of snail makes and uses love darts during mating.
The size of the egg is 1.6 mm.
The snail occurs in many areas throughout Europe: