Trochulus striolatus, previously known as Trichia striolata, common name the "strawberry snail," is a species of tiny, air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Hygromiidae. This species of snail uses love darts before mating.
Description The round 10–15 mm. shell has a depressed, low, conical spire. The whorls are convex, with relatively deep sutures, while the last one is angled on the periphery. The colour is whitish to yellowish-brown or reddish-brown, having irregular growth lines and often a pale band on the angled periphery. The adult shell is hairless but bears scattered coarse hair when juvenile.
Distribution This snail is native to northwestern Europe, occurring in:
British Isles: Great Britain and Ireland Netherlands Slovakia
The distribution of the subspecies Trochulus striolatus danubialis is Danubian. Lisický M. J. (1991). Mollusca Slovenska [The Slovak molluscs]. VEDA vydavateľstvo Slovenskej akadémie vied, Bratislava, 344 pp.
References
External links Trochulus striolatus at Animalbase taxonomy, short description, distribution, biology, status (threats), images Taxonomy at: UK Nature image of a live snail of this species