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Three-tooth bulin

Chondrula tridens
Eats: PlantsSnails, slugs and wormsGardens and meadowsNo legsNot an insect, but a bug cousin

The three-tooth bulin is a small land snail with a tall, pointed shell. It lives in southern and eastern Europe, around the Black Sea. Like all land snails, it breathes air.

Fun fact: this one is not an insect at all, it has no legs! But kids find it on every bug hunt, so it lives in Bug Wiki too.
Lives in
Southern and eastern Europe, around the Black Sea, for example in Ukraine and the Czech Republic
Top speed
about 0.03 km/h (0.02 mph)
On foot, estimate
Can it hurt you?
Harmless
Harmless. Wash your hands after holding one, like after touching any wild animal.
What does it eat?
Like other land snails, it eats plants.
For real!Photo of Three-tooth bulin
Picture by H. Zell. CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons.

How fast is it?

cool stuff

Fun facts

1

Scientists divide it into three subspecies.

2

It is found as far north as the Czech Republic.

3

It belongs to a family of land snails with tall, cone-shaped shells.

you asked

Most asked questions about Three-tooth bulin

?Where does the three-tooth bulin live?

In southern and eastern Europe, around the Black Sea.

?Is the three-tooth bulin dangerous?

No. It is a small, harmless snail.

For bug experts

Scientific name
Chondrula tridens
Named by
O. F. Müller, 1774
Group
Snails, slugs and worms
Family
Enidae
Classification
Gastropoda > Stylommatophora > Enidae
Lives on
Europe

Where the facts come from

  1. Chondrula tridens (Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0): what it looks like, where it lives, what it eats, sizes and fun facts, retold in simple words.
  2. Picture by H. Zell. CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons. The sticker of this bug is drawn from this picture.

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