Helix lutescens

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Helix lutescens
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Four shells of Helix lutescens
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Stylommatophora
Family: Helicidae
Subfamily: Helicinae
Tribe: Helicini
Genus: Helix
Species:
H. lutescens
Binomial name
Helix lutescens
Synonyms [1]

Helix (Helix) lutescensRossmässler, 1837· accepted, alternate representation

Helix lutescens is species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Helicidae, the true snails. [1]

This species of snail creates and uses calcareous love darts.

Distribution

Its native distribution is pericarpathian. [2]

References

  1. 1 2 MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Helix lutescens Rossmässler, 1837. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1050279 on 2020-05-02
  2. (in Slovak) Lisický M. J. (1991). Mollusca Slovenska [The Slovak molluscs]. - VEDA vydavateľstvo Slovenskej akadémie vied, Bratislava, 344 pp.
  3. "Helix lutescens - Polska Czerwona Księga Zwierząt - Bezkręgowce". Archived from the original on 2007-09-27. Retrieved 2007-03-14.
  4. pl:Polska Czerwona Księga Zwierząt - Bezkręgowce
  5. Balashov I. & Gural-Sverlova N. (2012). "An annotated checklist of the terrestrial molluscs of Ukraine". Journal of Conchology. 41(1): 91-109.