A twist of nature: a left-handed Bythinella schmidti (Küster, 1852) (Caenogastropoda: Bythinellidae)
As most extant snails, Bythinella schmidti is characterised by dextral (right-handed) coiling of the shell. Nevertheless, a small sinistral (left-handed) individual from the spring on a mountain pasture was sampled, together with its larger dextral conspecifics. In our report on this first case of...
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As most extant snails, Bythinella schmidti is characterised by dextral (right-handed) coiling of the shell. Nevertheless, a small sinistral (left-handed) individual from the spring on a mountain pasture was sampled, together with its larger dextral conspecifics. In our report on this first case of sinistrality within the superfamily Truncatelloidea, we discuss its shell abnormalities and provide a review on chirality in snails.
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| spelling | doaj-art-418e4b464dfd4a0c846ebe3e889796e92025-01-29T20:47:12ZengUniversity of Ljubljana Press (Založba Univerze v Ljubljani)Natura Sloveniae1580-08141854-30812018-12-0120210.14720/ns.20.2.25-31A twist of nature: a left-handed Bythinella schmidti (Küster, 1852) (Caenogastropoda: Bythinellidae)Simona Prevorčnik0Andrzej Falniowski1University of Ljubljana, Biotechnical Faculty, Department of Biology, Jamnikarjeva 101, SI-1000 LjubljanaDepartment of Malacology, Institute of Zoology, Jagiellonian University, Gronostajowa 9, PL-30-387, Kraków As most extant snails, Bythinella schmidti is characterised by dextral (right-handed) coiling of the shell. Nevertheless, a small sinistral (left-handed) individual from the spring on a mountain pasture was sampled, together with its larger dextral conspecifics. In our report on this first case of sinistrality within the superfamily Truncatelloidea, we discuss its shell abnormalities and provide a review on chirality in snails. https://journals.uni-lj.si/NaturaSloveniae/article/view/16690Bythinellasinistralityshell abnormalitiesspringSlovenia |
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| title | A twist of nature: a left-handed Bythinella schmidti (Küster, 1852) (Caenogastropoda: Bythinellidae) |
| title_full | A twist of nature: a left-handed Bythinella schmidti (Küster, 1852) (Caenogastropoda: Bythinellidae) |
| title_fullStr | A twist of nature: a left-handed Bythinella schmidti (Küster, 1852) (Caenogastropoda: Bythinellidae) |
| title_full_unstemmed | A twist of nature: a left-handed Bythinella schmidti (Küster, 1852) (Caenogastropoda: Bythinellidae) |
| title_short | A twist of nature: a left-handed Bythinella schmidti (Küster, 1852) (Caenogastropoda: Bythinellidae) |
| title_sort | twist of nature a left handed bythinella schmidti kuster 1852 caenogastropoda bythinellidae |
| topic | Bythinella sinistrality shell abnormalities spring Slovenia |
| url | https://journals.uni-lj.si/NaturaSloveniae/article/view/16690 |
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