Euglandina texasiana

Euglandina texasianais a species of large predatory air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Spiraxidae. It is commonly known as the glossy wolfsnail.

Euglandina texasiana
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Heterobranchia
clade Euthyneura
clade Panpulmonata
clade Eupulmonata
clade Stylommatophora
informal group Sigmurethra
Superfamily:
Testacelloidea
Family:
Spiraxidae
Genus:
Euglandina
Subgenus:
Euglandina
Species:
E. texasiana
Binomial name
Euglandina texasiana
(Pfeiffer, 1856)

Description

The body of this species is 10 cm long and the shell is 5–7 cm. The shell color is off-white or faded pink. The shell is slightly larger and more elongated than that of Euglandina rosea, though otherwise, it is quite similar.

Euglandina texasiana overall has less pigmentation than the other species in the genus, and because of this it is sometimes known as the "Texas pale glandina".

Habitat and range

E. texasiana is native to southern Texas in the United States as well as northeastern Mexico. It is restricted to the Lower Rio Grande Valley in Texas but can be found in the coastal lowlands of Mexico from Tamaulipas south to northern Veracruz, including eastern San Luis Potosí and Nuevo León.[1]

References
  1. Perez, Kathryn E.; Ned E. Strenth (February 2002). "Enzymatic variation in the land snail Euglandina texasiana (Gastropoda: Pulmonata) from South Texas and Northeastern Mexico" (PDF). Texas Journal of Science. 54 (1): 37–44. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2013-05-08.
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