Two-Toned Gulella
Gulella bicolor
Two-Toned Gulella
Gulella bicolor
The Two-Toned Gulella is a small, carnivorous land snail in the family Streptaxidae. It has an elongated shell up to 7.5 millimeters long by 2 millimeters wide.
The shell is orange in colour due to orange color of the body showing through. Empty shells are white or pale brown. The shell is smooth with slight ribs at the sutures and larger ribs at the aperture. The aperture also has four teeth.
It is a carnivorous snail that eats other snails, such as the Minatare Awl Snail (Subulina octona) and other species. The original native range of the snail is unclear, but now it has been widely introduced to other regions
CLASS: GASTROPODA
ORDER: STYLOMMATOPHORA
FAMILY: STREPTAXIDAE
GENUS: GULELLA
BINOMIAL NAME: GULELLA BICOLOR
Gulella bicolor
The Two-Toned Gulella is a small, carnivorous land snail in the family Streptaxidae. It has an elongated shell up to 7.5 millimeters long by 2 millimeters wide.
The shell is orange in colour due to orange color of the body showing through. Empty shells are white or pale brown. The shell is smooth with slight ribs at the sutures and larger ribs at the aperture. The aperture also has four teeth.
It is a carnivorous snail that eats other snails, such as the Minatare Awl Snail (Subulina octona) and other species. The original native range of the snail is unclear, but now it has been widely introduced to other regions
CLASS: GASTROPODA
ORDER: STYLOMMATOPHORA
FAMILY: STREPTAXIDAE
GENUS: GULELLA
BINOMIAL NAME: GULELLA BICOLOR
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