Don't want to see ads? Sign up...




Oxyloma elegans

Oxyloma elegans

(Risso, 1826)

Family: Succineidae
Order: Stylommatophora
Class: Gastropoda
Phylum / Division: Mollusca
Kingdom: Animalia

 Request change



Filters




Description


Oxyloma elegans is a species of small European land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk belonging to the family Succineidae, the amber snails.

 The shell usually has fewer than 3 whorls. The body whorl is very large and the spire is short. The shell is yellowish amber coloured with irregular radial growth lines. The width of the shell is 6–8 mm. The height of the shell is 9–17 mm (up to 20 mm).

Genitalia differences separate Oxyloma elegans from Oxyloma sarsii and the genus Succinea. The epiphallus is slightly curved and inside a short penis prolongation distance between penis and the pedunculus is very short.

Ecology: Oxyloma elegans occurs on vegetation in moist habitats such as marshes.

Distribution: This species occurs in European countries and islands including:
  • Great Britain
  • Ireland
  • Czech Republic - nearly threatened (NT)
  • Poland
  • Russia - Sverdlovsk oblast
  • Ukraine
  • Slovakia
  • Bulgaria

Source: Wikipedia, article Oxyloma elegans. Content adapted from Wikipedia, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license. Accessed on 17/07/2026.





Geographic distribution


Loading map...




Species photographs

Count: 1

Foto
Photography ID: 350156
  Adult

Ramales
Cantabria
Spain
09/13/2013
Francisco Javier Martín Pérez


 Add a photography of this species






Species vocalizations

Last vocalizations published



 Add an audio of this species





Species videos

Last filmings published




 Add a film of this species





Species reports



 Detail of places sorted by number of records






Species records

Count: 1



Page 1 of 1
Record IDDateExact timeCountryProvince / departmentPlaceFilmedPhotographedRecorded vocalObservedHeardWounded or deadNumber of individualsUser or BibliographyDetail
97179013/09/2013SpainCantabriaRamalesFrancisco Javier Martín Pérez
Page 1 of 1

 Add a record of this species

📖
Recommended citation
Please use the following reference when citing this species account.
EcoRegistros. 2026. Oxyloma elegans – Species account. Accessed from www.ecoregistros.org on 15/09/2026.