Facts
- During periods of
drought, specifically the in the Black Mesa
region, the pillsnail will can cover their
aperture of their shell with an operculum, or
mucous sheet (Burch,
1962). This hardens and prevents
desiccation. Some snails can stay like this for
years and become active when moistened.
- The original name for
Euchemotrema wichitorum was Stenotrema
wichitorum.
- Studies have shown
terrestrial Gastropods are able to learn (Martin,
2000) an account was taken by malacologist,
William Healey Dall, where a child who had pet
snails that recognized her voice and
differentiate it from others (Martin,
2000).
- Terrestrial Gastropods are
mostly herbivores (Martin,
2000).
- The second smallest member of
the genus Euchemotrema (Branson,
1972).
- Calcium carbonate, which is
used for making shells, is most often dissolved
in water, that snails have the ability to absorb
through their skin or take in from upper layers
of soil (Martin,
2000).
-
Euchemotrema wichitorum is distinguished
from Euchemotrema leai, the two being
very closely related to each other,
with a shell that is much more depressed and
possesses a more strongly angular periphery and
contains a granular apex rather than striated
one, as well as smaller hairs (Branson,1972).
- The
shell aperture has either one, two or three
white teeth (Branson,
1972)
References
Home