Norelona pyrenaica


Norelona pyrenaica is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Elonidae.
Norelona pyrenaica is the type species of the genus Norelona.

Shell description

The shell is narrowly umbilicated, flattened above, thin, pellucid, olivaceous corneous. The shell has whorls, that are rather flattened. The last whorl is not descending. The peristome is acute, reflected, white-lipped.
The width of the shell is 17–21 mm. The height of the shell is 9–11 mm.

Anatomy

This species of snail makes and uses love darts.

Distribution

This species is endemic to the eastern Pyrenees, France.
It is also known from Spain since 2007.