Helix melanostoma
Helix melanostoma | |
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Shell of Helix melanostoma (specimen at MNHN, Paris) | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Order: | Stylommatophora |
Family: | Helicidae |
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Genus: | Helix |
Species: | H. melanostoma
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Binomial name | |
Helix melanostoma Draparnaud, 1801[1]
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Helix melanostoma is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the subfamily Helicinae of the family Helicidae, the typical snails. [2]
Appearance[]
Colour of the shell greyish or almost white. The inner margin of the mouth brown or violet. Size about 38 × 36 to 28 × 33 mm.
Distribution[]
- Helix melanostoma occurs in Algeria, Tunisia and South France[3]
References[]
- ^ Draparnaud J. P. R. (1801). Tableau des mollusques terrestres et fluviatiles de la France. pp. [1-2], 1-116. Montpellier, Paris.
- ^ MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Helix melanostoma Draparnaud, 1801. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1050280 on 2021-02-14
- ^ http://www.onem-france.org/escargots/wakka.php?wiki=HelixMelanostomaCarto accessed 22 June 2010.
- Bank, R. A.; Neubert, E. (2017). Checklist of the land and freshwater Gastropoda of Europe. Last update: July 16th, 2017
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- Helix (gastropod)
- Gastropods described in 1801
- Helicidae stubs