Ancotrema hybridum (Ancey 1888) Oregon lancetooth

Haplotrematidae, ,Gastropoda, Mollusca, Animalia

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Identification: Sometimes difficult to distinguish from Haplotrema vancouverense....

Description: Shell with 6 to 6.5 whorls, umbilicus 25 to 28% of shell diameter; color pale greenish-yellow, sometimes darker.

Natural History: Commonly found under woody debris.

A predator of other snails and slugs.

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Etymology: Anco trema – elbow hole; hybrida - hybrid

Beaded sculpture absent from last whorl, but present within umbilicus and usually on spire; sculpture on last whorl is reduced to low wrinkles with spiral striations microscopic or nearly absent; full-grown shells 15 to 27 mm diameter … Ancotrema hybridum
Shell with 6 to 6.5 whorls, umbilicus 25 to 28% of shell diameter; color pale greenish-yellow, sometimes darker; a predator of other snails and slugs; commonly found under woody debris; sometimes difficult to distinguish from Haplotrema vancouverense