Helix melanostoma

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Helix melanostoma
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Shell of Helix melanostoma (specimen at MNHN, Paris)
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Stylommatophora
Family: Helicidae
Subfamily: Helicinae
Tribe: Helicinini
Genus: Helix
Species:
H. melanostoma
Binomial name
Helix melanostoma
Draparnaud, 1801 [1]
Synonyms
  • Helix (Helix) melanostomaDraparnaud, 1801· accepted, alternate representation
  • Helix melanonixiaBourguignat, 1876 (junior synonym)
  • Helix melanostoma var. candidaRossmässler, 1839 (junior synonym)
  • Helix melanostoma var. vittataRossmässler, 1839 (invalid; not O. F. Müller, 1774)
  • Helix pachypleuraBourguignat, 1882 (junior synonym)
  • Helix uthicensisPechaud, 1883 (junior synonym)
  • Pomatia melanostoma(Draparnaud, 1801)
  • Pomatia melanostoma var. doliolumPallary, 1939 (junior synonym)

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]

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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

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References

  1. ↑ Draparnaud J. P. R. (1801). Tableau des mollusques terrestres et fluviatiles de la France. pp. [1-2], 1-116. Montpellier, Paris.
  2. ↑ 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
  3. ↑ "Escargots : HelixMelanostomaCarto". www.onem-france.org. Retrieved 22 June 2010.


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