Leucophytia bidentata


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

Description

For terms see gastropod shell.
The shell is 5–7 mm. high x 2–4 mm.wide. It is either white or horny to reddish brown and the shell has 6-7 very weakly convex whorls. The last whorl is 75% of the shell height and the apex is pointed. The aperture has a white layer at the parietal side, the parietalis is usually strong. The columellaris is moderately or indistinctly developed. There is no umbilicus.

Biology

This species of snail is semi-marine in habitat.

Distribution

This species is found on the coasts of the eastern Atlantic Ocean:
and the Mediterranean Sea:

Common name

The two-toothed white snail.