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Euchondrus albulus

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Species of gastropod

Euchondrus albulus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Stylommatophora
Family: Enidae
Genus: Euchondrus
Species: E. albulus
Binomial name
Euchondrus albulus
(Mousson, 1861)

Euchondrus albulus is a gastropod (snail), native to the Negev Desert of Israel. It eats lichens growing in cracks in limestone as its primary food source, using its raspy tongue to enlarge the cracks, moving an average of 1.1 tonnes of limestone per hectare per year.

References

  1. "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Euchondrus albulus (Mousson, 1861)". www.marinespecies.org.
  2. Shachak, Moshe; Jones, Clive G.; Granota, Yigal (May 29, 1987). "Herbivory in Rocks and the Weathering of a Desert". Science. 236 (4805): 1098–1099. Bibcode:1987Sci...236.1098S. doi:10.1126/science.236.4805.1098. PMID 17799665 – via science.org (Atypon).
  3. Craig Glenday, ed. (2021). Guinness World Records - 2022. London: SVP Global Publishing. p. 37. ISBN 978-1-913484-10-1.
Taxon identifiers
Euchondrus albulus


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