page_title: Zarateana arganica
section_title: Description
hierarchical_section_title: Zarateana arganica / Description
caption_attribution_description: English: Composition of the 3 main views of the shell of Zarateana arganica. Locality: Berrostegieta, Araba (Spain).
context_page_description: Zarateana arganica is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Geomitridae.
context_section_description: The shell of Zarateana arganica is greyish white in color. There are brown color bands on the shell which resemble horn. The shell is lustrous and has fine striae. Fresh shells have short structures resembling hairs.
  There are whorls which are, to some extent, convex in shape. The last whorl is not much broader than precedent whorls.
  The main opening of the shell or the aperture is sometimes quadrangular in shape. There is a sharp lip inside the aperture which is white in color. The umbilicus is clearly visible, open and wide.
  The width of the shell is 4.5-5.5 mm. The height of the shell is 2.5–3 mm.
caption: Zarateana arganica Berrostegieta, Álava (Spain). Scale bar 0.5 cm.
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