Quantula striata: taxon details and analytics
- Domain
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Mollusca
- Class
- Gastropoda
- Order
- Stylommatophora
- Family
- Dyakiidae
- Genus
- Quantula
- Species
- Quantula striata
- Scientific Name
- Quantula striata
Summary description from Wikipedia:
Quantula striata
Quantula striata, also known as Dyakia striata, is a species of medium-sized, air-breathing, tropical land snail. It is a terrestrial, pulmonate, gastropod mollusc in the family Dyakiidae. This species appears to be unique among terrestrial gastropods in that it is bioluminescent: Its eggs glow in the dark, and juveniles and most adults give off flashes of green light.
...Quantula striata in languages:
- English
- Blinking Snail
- Japanese
- ヒカリマイマイ
Images from inaturalist.org observations:
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