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Bush snail, amazing nearby What do people most often remember when they mention snails? Most likely, it’s that they have a shell, or that snails are very slow, and that’s probably all. Let's fill this gap using the example of the most common bush snail (Fruticicola fruticum), which is found everywhere.

A little biology The bush snail belongs to the class of gastropods (Gastropoda), subclass of mollusks (Pulmonata), family of bush snails (Bradybaenidae), the only representative of this family in the CIS. In Russian-language publications it often appears under the name Bradybaena fruticum.

The shell is spherical-cube-shaped, smooth, 15-18 mm high and 18-22 mm wide, with 5-6 whorls. The shell color varies from brown to yellow-green with darker and lighter spots. On the last whorl of the shell, a longitudinal narrow dark stripe is usually visible. The bush snail is common in Central and Eastern Europe and Western Asia. In Russia, the species is widespread in the European part of the country, in Crimea and the North Caucasus. Absent from the British Isles, western France, Scandinavia and southern Europe. This mollusk lives in deciduous forests, bushes, gardens and vegetable gardens. Prefers damp places. In rainy weather it can climb high on tree trunks, on fences and walls of houses. If there is a lack of humidity, it clogs the entrance to the shell with dried mucus and waits in this state for more favorable conditions. The bush snail overwinters on the ground under leaves, under withered grass, in dead wood, while clogging the mouth of the shell with several layers of dried mucus.

The bush snail feeds on fresh and rotten vegetation - leaves of hops, nettles, coltsfoot and other herbaceous plants. On occasion, it can eat carrion. The bush snail is hermaphrodite. The mollusk reaches sexual maturity in the second or third year of life (that is, after 10-14 months, not counting suspended animation). Mating games last about 20 minutes. Copulation lasts up to 4.5-5 hours and occurs mainly in the morning, but also at other times of the day, depending on temperature and humidity. Immediately or after 3-5 days they begin laying eggs. Animals ready to start laying eggs dig a nesting hole with the front part of their body - a vertical passage into the ground up to 3.5 cm deep. The incubation period depends on temperature and can last 1-2 months. The diameter of the egg is 2-3 mm. Clusters in several portions, from a few pieces to several tens and even hundreds. Embryonic development averages 22.1 (8-36) days.

Interesting facts - The bush snail (Bradybaena fruticum) is the only representative in the forest zone of the South Asian family Bradybaenidae. This species is considered as a relict of an ancient heat-loving fauna, which in Tertiary times was widespread in the territory of modern Siberia and Northern Europe. - These creatures have a brain divided into four sections, thanks to this property they have the ability to think. Snails can even make different decisions based on their life experiences. - The lifespan of a snail in captivity is 6.5 years.

Breathing is pulmonary. On the outer fold of the mantle there is a special breathing hole - a pneumostome, which reflexively opens from an excess of carbon dioxide (not clearly, but can be seen in the photo, in the area of the shell). - The eyes at the ends of the rear tentacles are able to distinguish the degree of illumination and objects located at a distance of up to 1 cm on average. (Snails practically do not see) - Snails do not have an organ of hearing, and they themselves do not “talk”. Everything in their life is based on touch. - These creatures mainly move by sliding slowly on the sole of the foot, while movement is carried out by waves of contraction running from back to front along the sole. Mucus, which is secreted by the skin during movement, facilitates sliding because it softens friction. When the snail moves, its body is on a kind of cushion of mucus, so even if it crawls along the blade, its body will not be damaged. Everything that is written above is in one video #snails

CLASS Gastropoda Molluscs (Gastropoda)

In gastropods, the body consists of a head, trunk and legs. The leg is the muscular abdominal part of the body, resting on which the mollusk slowly glides.

Most gastropods have a spirally twisted shell (which is why they are also called snails), into which the animal can completely hide. At the bottom of the shell there is a wide hole - the mouth, through which the mollusk sticks out its head and leg when moving. Some terrestrial gastropods - slugs - do not have shells.

In the pharynx of gastropods there is a muscular tongue covered with spines - the so-called grater. Using it, the mollusk scrapes out plant tissue or scrapes off plaque from various microorganisms that forms on underwater objects.

Family identification table

1(4) The mouth of the shell, when the mollusk draws its head and leg into it, is closed by a thin cap attached to the leg.
2(3) On the curls of the shell there are dark longitudinal stripes (may be difficult to see due to plaque covering the shell), up to 45 mm in size;
3(2) Shell without dark stripes, single color; size no more than 12 mm;
4(1) There is no lid at the mouth of the shell, so the compressed sole of the foot of the mollusk hidden in it is visible.
5(6) The coils of the shell are twisted in one plane;
6(5) The shell is twisted in a cone shape.
7(8) The shell is twisted to the right (if you take the shell so that the apex is directed away from you and the mouth towards you, then the mouth will be located to the right of the center line);
8(7) The shell is twisted to the left (the mouth is to the left of the center line); PRUDOVIKI FAMILY (Lymnaeidae)

In pond snails, the shell is twisted spirally, in several turns, in the form of a turret. About 20 species are found in the USSR.

Common pondweed (Lymnaea stagnalis) The largest of our pond snails, the shell height is 45-55 mm, and in some individuals even up to 65 mm. Inhabits stagnant bodies of water - ponds, lakes, river backwaters with abundant vegetation. Here you can see how the pond snail, sticking its leg and head with tentacles out of the shell, slowly slides along the plants. Having reached the surface of the water, the pond snail spreads its leg wider and slides, hanging from below to the surface film of the water. In this case, at the mouth of the shell, on the side of the leg, a round breathing hole can be seen. In mid-summer, the pond snail rises to the surface of the water 6-9 times within an hour. Distributed in Europe and North Asia to Kamchatka.

Pond snail (Lymnaea auricularia) This mollusk has a shell with a very wide mouth, shell height 25-40 mm, width 20-30 mm. Lives in the surf zone of standing water bodies. Distributed in Europe and Asia (except the southeast).

COIL FAMILY (Plarmrbidae)

In coils, the shell turns are located in the same plane. The coils are not as mobile as pond snails and cannot be suspended from the surface film of water. There are 35 types of reels found in the USSR.

Horn coil (Planorbarius corneus) This mollusk has a shell diameter of up to 35 mm. It lives on plants in stagnant bodies of water, in the same place as the common pond snail, but rarely rises to the surface of the water. Distributed in Europe and Western Siberia to the Ob.

Coil edged (Ptanorbis planorbis) The edged coil has a dark brown shell, 20 mm in diameter, with 5-6 turns. On the last whorl below there is a sharp protrusion - the keel. Inhabits small reservoirs and the coastal parts of large reservoirs. Distributed in Europe and Western Siberia to the Yenisei.

Coil twisted (Anisus vortex) The shell is yellow, up to 10 mm in diameter, with 6-7 whorls. On the last whorl there is a sharp, downwardly displaced keel. It lives in coastal thickets of stagnant bodies of water and often floats on the surface of the water. Distributed in Europe and Western Siberia to the Yenisei.

PHYSIS FAMILY (Physidae)

Physids have a tower-shaped shell, like those of pond snails, but twisted to the left.

Physa vesicularis (Physa fontinalis) The shell is matte, pale yellow, 10-12 mm high, 5-6 mm wide, the height of the mouth is more than half the height of the shell. Inhabits vegetation in various permanent bodies of water. Distributed in Europe and Northern Asia.

Aplexa sleepy (Aptexa hypnorum) The shell is shiny, golden brown, 10-15 mm high, 5-6 mm wide (the height of the mouth is less than half the height of the shell). Lives only in temporary bodies of water that dry up in summer. Distributed in Europe, Western Siberia and the south of the Far East.

LUZHANKA FAMILY (Viviparidae)

The mouth of the shell is closed by an operculum at rest. Shells with dark longitudinal stripes. Meadow mollusks are also called livebearers, since they do not lay eggs like other mollusks, but give birth to small meadows that already have a shell.

Swamp meadow (Viviparus contectus) Sink up to 43 mm high. It lives in lakes, ponds, and sometimes even in puddles of clean water. Stays on the bottom. Distributed in Europe and Western Siberia to the Ob.

BITINI FAMILY (Bithyniidae)

Like the lawns, the mouth of the shell is closed by an operculum when at rest, but the shells are single-colored, without stripes.

Bitinia tentacular (Bithynia tentaculata) Sink up to 12 mm high. Inhabits stagnant and weakly flowing water bodies, on rocks, in silt and among plants. Distributed in Europe and Western Siberia.

Terrestrial gastropods

Terrestrial gastropods can be divided into two groups: snails, which have a shell, and slugs, which do not have a shell (in some species, a small remnant of the shell is hidden under the skin and is not visible from the outside). Since mollusks have bare skin, many species stick to wet habitats. In addition, during the day the animals are usually motionless. In this case, the snails completely hide in the shell, sucking the sole of their feet to the substrate, and the slugs crawl under shelters - stones, leaves, between lumps of soil. But at night, and in rainy times and during the day, the mollusks crawl from place to place.

SNAILS

In land snails, the shell is twisted in a spiral. In some species the shell is elongated, so that its height is noticeably greater than its width; in other species, on the contrary, the shell is low and its width is greater than its height. While moving, the mollusk sticks its head and leg out of the shell. There are 4 forward-facing tentacles visible on the head. At the ends of the two longer tentacles there are dark balls - these are eyes. If you carefully touch the tentacles, the mollusk immediately retracts them, and if it is greatly disturbed, it will completely hide in the shell. Several hundred species of snails are found in the USSR. Basically, these are very small species that are difficult to distinguish from each other (often only by their internal structure). We will consider only some of the largest and most widespread forms.

Common Yantarka (Succinea putris) It got its name from the amber-yellow color of its elongated, thin, fragile, almost transparent shell. Shell height 16-22 mm, width 8-11 mm. Shell with 3-4 whorls, the last whorl is strongly swollen and widened, the aperture is ovoid. The amberfish lives in damp places - in wet meadows, near bodies of water, it can often be seen on the floating leaves of aquatic plants, and sometimes it even submerges in water. Widely distributed throughout the USSR.

Cohlicopa is slippery (Cochticopa lubrica) This is a small snail, with a smooth, shiny, elongated, conical shell, 6-7 mm high, 3 mm wide. It is very common in damp places - in meadows, grass, moss, and fallen leaves of damp forests. Distributed throughout the USSR.

Iphigena swollen (Iphigena ventricosa) This snail has an elongated, fusiform, ribbed, reddish-horned shell, 17-18 mm high, 4-4.5 mm wide, with 11-12 whorls. A flat tooth-like protrusion protrudes into the mouth from above. Lives in forests, on litter, on mossy tree trunks. Distributed in the Baltic states and the central zone of the European part of the USSR.

Cochlodina rocky (Cochlodina laminata) This species has an elongated, fusiform, slightly swollen, smooth, shiny, light-horned shell, 15-17 mm high, 4 mm wide, with 10-12 whorls. Two lamellar curved protrusions are visible at the mouth. Lives in forests, on rocks, stumps, tree trunks. Distributed in the central zone of the European part of the USSR, north to the Leningrad region, east to Kazan.

Bush snail (Bradybaena fruticum) This snail has a spherical shell, almost smooth, 16-17 mm high, 18-20 mm wide, with 5-6 whorls. The color can vary from grayish-white to reddish-horny, often with a narrow brown stripe visible on the last whorl of the shell. It lives in bushes, deciduous forests, gardens; the bush snail can often be found on nettles and coltsfoot. Sometimes she climbs quite high on bushes, tree trunks and fences. Distributed in the European part of the USSR, Crimea and the North Caucasus.

Garden snail (Cepaea hortensis) The garden snail has a cube-shaped shell, similar to the shell of a bush snail, 15-16 mm high, 19-21 mm wide, with 4-5 whorls, dark spiral stripes are visible on all whorls. Lives in sparse bushes and forests, on stones and cliffs. Distributed in the Baltic states

Hairy snail (Trichia hispida) This small snail has a shell covered with fine hairs (in older specimens they may be erased). The shell is 5 mm high, 8-9 mm wide, grayish or reddish-brown in color, usually with a light stripe on the last whorl. It lives in bushes, on the ground in the forest floor, under stones, and dead wood. Distributed in the forest zone of the European part of the USSR, up to the Leningrad and Perm regions. It often causes damage to garden crops, fruit and berry crops and ornamental plants, scraping out leaf tissue so that only thick longitudinal veins remain.

SLUGS

Slugs have a naked body, without a shell. In a calm state, slugs look like small mucous lumps, but when they move, their body stretches greatly. Like snails, 4 tentacles pointing forward are visible on the head. There are eyes at the ends of the two longer tentacles. A short neck is visible behind the head, extending into the back. Immediately behind the neck, an oval thickening is visible on the back, as if another layer of skin was placed on top. This is the so-called mantle, covering the respiratory organ - the lung. A rounded respiratory opening is visible on the right side of the mantle. As the name suggests, slugs produce a lot of mucus. It primarily protects the shellfish from drying out. In addition, mucus helps them when sliding. A crawling slug always leaves a noticeable shiny slimy trail. In the central zone of the European part of the USSR there are 16 species of slugs. Of these, we will consider the most common, widespread forms.

Determinative table of childbirth

1(2) The respiratory opening is located in the front part of the right edge of the mantle. When moving, the end of the leg protrudes slightly from under the back;
2(1) The breathing hole is located at the back of the right edge of the mantle. The leg does not protrude from under the back when moving.
3(4) Large slugs, over 100 mm long.
4(3) The size of slugs does not exceed 50 mm.
5(6) Slime yellow;
6(5) The mucus is colorless, and when the mollusk is irritated, it becomes milky white; KIND OF ARION (Arion)

The body is thick and massive. The mantle is oval, rounded at the front and back. Breathing hole in the front part of the right edge of the mantle. When moving, the end of the leg protrudes slightly from under the back.

Arion brown (Arion subfuscus) Body length up to 80 mm. The mantle is about 1/3 of the body length. The color can vary, from brown to orange, most often rusty. The middle of the back is usually darker. It lives in deciduous, mixed and coniferous forests, occasionally found in old parks and cemeteries. Favorite food is cap mushrooms, in which the slug eats out large cavities. It can also feed on dead parts of plants and animal corpses. Distributed in the forest and forest-steppe zones of the European part of the USSR. In the Altai Territory, Eastern Siberia, the Amur basin and the Primorsky Territory, the subspecies Arion subfuscus sib ire us lives, characterized by a monochromatic black body color. In warm, damp summers, this slug causes damage to vegetable gardens and fields located near the forest.

Arion striped (Arion fasciatus) Body length up to 50 mm. The mantle occupies about 1/3 of the body length. The color is light - cream or yellowish-ashy, the middle of the back and mantle is slightly darker. There are clearly demarcated dark stripes on the sides. It is found more often in cultural biotopes - vegetable gardens, fields, orchards, parks. Often causes significant damage to agricultural crops. Distributed in the northwestern and central regions of the European part of the USSR.

GENUS DEROCERAS (Deroceras)

Small slugs, quite slender and mobile. The skin is almost smooth, with faint grooves, without rough wrinkles. Breathing hole at the back of the right edge of the mantle. The mucus is colorless, and when the mollusk is irritated it is milky white.

Reticulated slug (Deroceras reticulatum) Body length 25-35 mm. The mantle occupies about half the length of the body. The coloring is mostly cream or light coffee, with dark spots forming a grid-like pattern, especially noticeable on the mantle and back. The head and neck are also covered with small spots; tentacles are blackish. It lives in open places, avoiding forests and bushes, more often on clay soils - meadows, fields, vegetable gardens, landfills, and in cities - in parks and gardens. Of all the slugs, they are the most dangerous pest of agricultural crops. In vegetable gardens, it readily attacks cabbage, eating large holes not only in the outer leaves, but also inside the head of cabbage. In rainy years it damages winter crop seedlings. Widely distributed in the European part of the USSR.

Field slug (Deroceras agreste) Body length 35-40 mm. The mantle occupies about 1/3 of the body length. The color ranges from almost white to cream, without a dark pattern. It lives in open places - meadows, swamps, near roadside ditches, on forest edges, but, unlike the netted slug, it avoids places with cultivated soil. Widely distributed throughout the USSR.

Slug smooth (Deroceras laeve) Body length up to 25 mm. The mantle occupies about half the length of the body. Color ranges from reddish-brown to almost black, monochromatic. Very moisture-loving and cold-resistant. It lives in swamps, wet meadows, damp forests, on the banks of small overgrown reservoirs - here it can be found not only on soil and plants, but also on their underwater parts. Widely distributed throughout the USSR.

GENUS LIMAX (Limax)

Large slugs, more than 100 mm long. The color is spotty, sometimes the spots merge into dark stripes. A keel protrudes on the caudal part of the back. The body is wrinkled, the wrinkles are long, convex, with deep grooves between them.

Slug black (Limax cinereoniger) Body length 150-200 mm. The mantle occupies about 1/4 of the body length. The color is black or dark gray, the keel is light. Tentacles with black dots. It lives in deciduous and mixed forests, and can also live in coniferous forests with good grass cover. It feeds mainly on mushrooms and lichens. Distributed in the Karelian Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic, the Baltic states, Belarus, in the western and central regions of the RSFSR, east to Nizhny Novgorod.

Large slug (Limax maximus) Body length up to 130 mm. The mantle occupies about 1/3 of the body length. The color is variegated: on a yellowish, ash-gray or dirty white background there are 2-3 pairs of dark stripes or rows of dark spots. The tentacles are single-colored, without dark spots. It lives in cities - in parks, gardens, greenhouses, vegetable stores, where it can cause harm. Distributed in the northwestern and central regions of the European part of the USSR.

GENUS MALACOLIMAX (Malacotimax)

Malakolimax gentle (Matacolimax tenellus) Body length up to 50 mm. The mantle occupies about 1/3 of the body length. The color is one-color, often yellow, greenish or grayish-yellow, sometimes orange-yellow. The head and tentacles are black or dark brown. The mucus is yellow. Lives in deciduous forests, occasionally in coniferous ones. It feeds on cap mushrooms and lichens. Distributed in the northwestern, western and central regions of the European part of the USSR.

CLASS BIVALVE MOLLUSCS (Bivalvia)

In bivalves, the shell consists of two halves connected on the dorsal side by an elastic ligament. On the ventral side, the halves of the shell can move slightly apart, and the leg of the mollusk protrudes through the resulting gap. When moving, the mollusk pushes the silt or sand at the bottom with its foot, like a plow, hooks its foot into the ground and pulls the body with the shell forward, again pushes the leg forward, pulls itself up again and thus crawls along the bottom in small steps. Some bivalves do not move, but sit in one place, attached to the substrate with special adhesive threads. Bivalve mollusks do not have a head, so they do not have a grater. They feed on small planktonic organisms, which are sucked in along with water through a siphon opening located at the rear end of the body. All bivalves live in water.

Dreissena river (Dreissena polymorpha) The shell of the river dreissena is greenish-yellow, with brown stripes, 30-50 mm long. The lower edge adjacent to the place of attachment is flat, the two lateral edges are convex. Lives in rivers, lakes and reservoirs.

PERLOVITSA FAMILY (Unionidae)

Pearl barley has an elongated oval shell. On each valve, the most convex, protruding part is visible - the apex. Concentrating around the apex, arched lines run along each valve. Some of these arcs are sharper, darker - these are annual arcs, from which you can approximately determine the age of the mollusk. There are 4 genera in the family. The most famous are pearl barley and toothless.

GENUS OF PERLOVITSA (Unio) Pearl barley has a thick-walled shell, the tops of the valves protrude upward. If you look at the shell from the end, the place where the valves are held together - the ligament - will be in the recess.

Common pearl barley (Unio pktorum) The common pearl barley has a long, narrow shell, up to 145 mm, with almost parallel dorsal and ventral edges. The color of young individuals is yellow-green, and that of older ones is greenish-brown. It lives in lakes and rivers, in places with slow flows, on sandy, not very silted soil. Distributed in the European part of the USSR, except in the north and northeast.

Pearl barley swollen (Unio tumidus) This species has a shorter shell, up to 110 mm, with non-parallel edges. The habitats and distribution are the same as those of the common pearl barley.

GENUS OF TOOTHLESS (Anadonta) Toothless shells have a thin-walled shell, the tops of the valves do not protrude much. If you look at the sink from the end, the place where the valves are fastened is not deepened. Some species have a large keel on the upper edge of the valve. The shape of the shell is very variable among individuals of the same species living in different bodies of water.

GENUS OF PEA (Pisidium) In peas, the top of the shell valves is shifted to the side, the shell is short-oval. The size of the peas does not exceed 11 mm.

River pea (Pisidium amnicum) The diameter of the river pea shell is 10-11 mm. It lives in river backwaters and lakes, on silt-sandy soil. Distributed in the European part of the USSR and in Siberia to the Lena.

(Bradybaena fruticum)
Kingdom: Animalia (Animals)
Type: Mollusca (Clams)
Class: Gastropoda (Gastropods)
Order: Pulmonata (Pulmonary molluscs)
Suborder: Stylommatophora (Stalked-eyed)
Family name: Helicoidea
Family: Bradybaenidae
Genus: Fruticicola

Appearance, structure.

Habitat, habitat.

The bush snail is common in Central and Eastern Europe and Western Asia. In Russia, the species is widespread in the European part of the country, in Crimea and the North Caucasus.
This mollusk lives in deciduous forests, bushes, gardens and vegetable gardens.
Prefers damp places. In rainy weather it can climb high on tree trunks, on fences and walls of houses. If there is a lack of humidity, it clogs the entrance to the shell with dried mucus and waits in this state for more favorable conditions.
The bush snail overwinters on the ground under leaves, under withered grass, in dead wood, while clogging the mouth of the shell with several layers of dried mucus.

Nutrition.

The bush snail feeds on fresh and rotten vegetation - leaves of hops, nettles, coltsfoot and other herbaceous plants. On occasion, it can eat carrion.

Fruticicola fruticum:: Bush snails on the stem of Reynoutria japonica. Photo by the author.

Reproduction.

The bush snail is hermaphrodite. The mollusk reaches sexual maturity in the second or third year of life (that is, after 10-14 months, not counting). Egg laying usually occurs in early summer. The snail lays eggs several times in portions of 10-50 pieces, in damp places, under various shelters located on the ground (under stones, leaves, branches, etc.). The eggs are light, round, 2-3mm in diameter. The incubation period depends on temperature and can last 1-2 months.

Other information.

Life expectancy is more than 5 years.

Fruticicola fruticum:: A bush snail with the mouth of the shell closed for the winter. Photo by the author.

An aquarium of 10 liters or more, covered with a cover glass on top, is suitable for keeping bush snails. For ventilation, a few 10-15 mm holes covered with a fine mesh are enough - more ventilation will reduce the humidity in the terrarium and the snails will “dry out”, clogging the mouth of the shell in anticipation of a higher level of humidity. At the bottom of the aquarium you need to pour a layer of sand, then a layer of soil that needs to be compacted. Moss and fallen leaves are placed on top of the ground. You definitely need a damp shelter in which the snails can lay eggs. The soil must be kept moist by regularly spraying the terrarium with water at room temperature from a spray bottle.

Container for keeping a bush snail. Ventilation holes covered with mesh are visible in the cover glass:

The diet of this type of mollusk is based on plant foods.
Bush snails can be fed with non-spicy, non-sour, non-spicy fruits and vegetables. Shellfish eat well cucumber, lettuce, apple, cabbage, pear... From protein foods, you can occasionally feed raw chicken breast. As a mineral supplement, the food can be sprinkled with crushed eggshells.
Due to the variability of color, the bush snail may be of interest in terms of breeding new color forms....

Detailed information

Bush snail (common)
Fruticicola fruticum(Müller, 1774)

Gastropod (class Gastropoda) pulmonate (subclass Pulmonata) mollusk, belongs to the family of bush snails (Bradybaenidae), the only representative of this family on the territory of Ukraine. In Ukrainian- and Russian-language publications it often appears under the name Bradybaena fruticum.

Description of the shell. In adult individuals, the height of the shell varies mainly in the range of 16–17 mm, the width (diameter) of the shell is from 18 to 23 mm. Has 5–6 revolutions. The shell is spherical, with a rounded curl. The navel is open, but narrow, unpromising. The width of the navel is 1/8 – 1/9 of the width of the shell. The surface of the shell is very characterized by the presence of intersecting inexpressive radial wrinkles (clearly noticeable even at 10–20x magnification). The species is polymorphic in shell color. Its main background is white (to light yellow) or brown (to almost cherry). Shell without stripes or with one dark spiral stripe on the periphery.

Possible errors in determination. The shells of young individuals, if they lack stripes, can be confused with and. But they are easy to distinguish by surface sculpture (see above), since both of the mentioned species lack. U E. strigella radial wrinkles are much rougher; the last whorl often contains chaotically located small dents; if there are fragments of spiral lines, they are never as clear and are not arranged as correctly as in F. fruticum. If you compare shells F. fruticum And P. lubomirskii with the same number of revolutions, the former have significantly larger sizes. The species, widespread in the south of Ukraine, does not have spiral stripes and differs from F. fruticum somewhat smaller in size and a more flattened shape of the shell, as well as a narrower navel.

Spreading. The species is widespread throughout Europe and Ukraine.

Ecology. It inhabits predominantly wet biotopes with tall grass: meadows, shrubs, forest edges, etc.