Carychium tridentatum


Carychium tridentatum is a species of small air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Ellobiidae.

Description

The shell is 1.8-2.3 mm high x 0.8-0.9mm. wide. The shell is more slender than that of Carychium minimum. If the last whorl above the aperture is opened this shows the parietalis descending in a characteristic double curve.

Distribution

This species occurs in European countries and islands the Mediterranean, the Caucasus region and North Africa. It is
recorded from Siberia as Carychium striolatum J.R. Bourguignat, 1857
The European countries include:
Albania, Andorra, Austria, Azores, Belarus, Bulgaria, Channel Islands
, Croatia, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary,
Italy, Kaliningrad, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Madeira, Moldova, Montenegro, Norway, Romania, Serbia, Slovenia,
Spain, Sweden, Switzerland.
It has been introduced to North America, including to: