Pyramidula rupestris is a species of very small, air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks or micromollusks in the family Pyramidulidae.

The variety Pyramidula rupestris var. nylanderi Morse, 1920is a synonym of Planogyra asteriscus (Morse, 1857)

Shell description

The width of the shell is up to 2.7 mm, the height is up to 2.5 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs in:

  • The entire Mediterranean region
  • Dalmatia
  • Spain
  • The Alps
  • Northern Italy
  • Greece
  • Israel
  • Asia
  • Morocco
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  • Sysoev, A. V. & Schileyko, A. A. (2009). Land snails and slugs of Russia and adjacent countries. Sofia/Moskva (Pensoft). 312 pp., 142 plates
  • Bank, R. A.; Neubert, E. (2017). Checklist of the land and freshwater Gastropoda of Europe. Last update: July 16, 2017

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