Abida secale is a species of small air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusc in the family Chondrinidae.
Distribution The distribution of this species is Western European and Alpine regions. Lisický M. J. (1991). Mollusca Slovenska [The Slovak molluscs]. VEDA vydavateľstvo Slovenskej akadémie vied, Bratislava, 344 pp.
This species is known to occur in a number of Western European countries and islands including: Great Britain: England Sardinia Switzerland and other areas
Habitat This species only occurs on calcareous rocks.
Subspecies This species has a number of named subspecies: Abida secale secale Abida secale cadiensis Gittenberger, 1973 Abida secale lilietensis (Bofill, 1886) Abida secale margaridae Bech, 1988 Abida secale branopsis (Bofill, 1886) Abida secale vilellai Kokshoorn & Gittenberger, 2010Kokshoorn B. & Gittenberger E. (2010). "Chondrinidae taxonomy revisited: new synonymies, new taxa, and a checklist of species and subspecies (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Pulmonata)". Zootaxa 2539: 1–62. 22 plates. preview. Abida secale peteri Kokshoorn & Gittenberger, 2010 Abida secale merijni Kokshoorn & Gittenberger, 2010 Abida secale ionicae Kokshoorn & Gittenberger, 2010
References
External links
Abida secale at AnimalBase