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Delphinatia glacialis

species of gastropod

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionMay 20, 2026
Entity authorityQ5099179 ↗
Source-derived summary

Delphinatia glacialis is a species of medium-sized, air-breathing, land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Helicidae, the true snails.

Anatomy

These snails create and use love darts.

References

Bank, R. A.; Neubert, E. (2017). Checklist of the land and freshwater Gastropoda of Europe.

Editorial summary

The public source identifies “Delphinatia glacialis” as species of gastropod. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Delphinatia, glacialis and species.

Editorial reviewA practical orientation to terminology and classification, particularly when read beside dated observations, specimens or technical literature. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—2017—that can be checked directly. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with Delphinatia, glacialis and species providing the first useful test.
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Why this record matters

A short description can identify a subject without explaining its stakes. For “Delphinatia glacialis”, the useful work is to connect “species of gastropod” to the records capable of establishing context and consequence.

Evidence profile

The date and method of observation matter as much as the stated conclusion, especially where classification or consensus has changed. The source revision retrieved here is dated May 20, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q5099179. None of the 0 selected statements returned an explicit reference. The first chronological checks are 2017.

Critical limits

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  1. Establish the record: confirm the title “Delphinatia glacialis”, its source revision and the description used here.
  2. Expand the search: follow Delphinatia glacialis primary sources, Delphinatia glacialis archive and Delphinatia research across catalogues and specialist indexes.
  3. Test the account: compare the strongest cited source with the responsible institution’s current record and note any disagreement.

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This entry incorporates text from “Delphinatia glacialis” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.