Name
Rumina
Framing
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Heterobranchia
Infraclass: Pulmonata
Order: Stylomatophora
Genus: Rumina
Habitat
Terrestrial, ground-dwelling, epigean. Under the stones (possibly). Related to vegetation in humid environments.
Feeding
Phytophagous
Distribution
A species in our region and in Europe. Linked to humid and anthropomorphised environments, although it tolerates xeric conditions.
Conservation status
Generally abundant and well distributed
Additional information
Typical shell, elongated, subcylindrical, moderately thick and with the spire truncated when the first turns of the spire are detached.
Additional information
Bibliography
- Ruiz, A., Cárcaba, A., Porras, A. I. & Arrébola, J. R. (2006) Caracoles terrestres de Andalucía. Guía y manual de identificación. Fundación Gypaetus. Junta de Andalucía. Disponible en: https://www.juntadeandalucia.es/medioambiente/web/1_consejeria_de_medio_ambiente/dg_gestion_medio_natural/biodiversidad/static_files/fauna/caracoles_terrestres/guia_caracoles.pdf
- Moreno-Rueda, G. (2002). Selección de hábitat por Iberus gualtierianus, Rumina decollata y Sphincterochila candidissima (Gastropoda:Pulmonata) en una sierra del sureste español.
Iberus, 20: 55-62.