page_title: Pomatias elegans
section_title: Description
hierarchical_section_title: Pomatias elegans / Description
caption_attribution_description: English: Pomatias elegans Müller, 1774, Round-Mouthed Snail; Length 1.4 cm; Originating from Werrabronn north of Karlsruhe, Germany; Shell of own collection, therefore not geocoded. Deutsch: Pomatias elegans Müller, 1774, Schöne Landdeckelschnecke; Länge 1,4 cm; Herkunft: Werrabronn nördlich Karlsruhe, Deutschland.
context_page_description: Pomatias elegans, common name the round-mouthed snail, is a species of small land snail with an operculum, a terrestrial gastropod mollusk in the family Pomatiidae within the superfamily Littorinoidea, the winkles and their allies.
  This species is sometimes called a "land winkle".
context_section_description: The shell of this species is thick-walled, ovoid and slightly conical. It is composed of 4 ½ - 5 convex spires with the last one as the largest one. The surface of the shell is reticulated with dark spots and discontinued bands of beige and violet colours. The thick and chalky operculum has an eccentric calcified nucleus, and bears a spiral sculpture. The length of the shells varies between 12.5 mm and 15.8 mm and its diameter between 7 mm and 11.5 mm.
  The waves of contractions on the surface of the foot are longitudinal, passing from side to side.
caption: Shell
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