Helix engaddensis

Helix engaddensis
Conservation status
	NE
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Heterobranchia; clade Euthyneura; clade Panpulmonata; clade Eupulmonata; clade Stylommatophora; informal group Sigmurethra
Superfamily:	Helicoidea
Family:	Helicidae
Genus:	Helix
Species:	H. engaddensis
Binomial name
	Helix engaddensis; (Bourguignat, J. R. 1852)

Helix engaddensis is a species of snail common in the Levant, both in Mediterranean, desert and montane climates. It is smaller than the closely related European Garden snail and usually lighter in color. H. engaddensis goes through estivation. It is dormant in the ground during the dry season and emerges after the first rains (in late autumn). Mating takes place soon after emerging. The snails are active through winter (except in high montane regions, where they might be forced into a somewhat unnatural hibernation) and return to an inactive state at the end of the wet season (midspring).[1]

Helix engaddensis in Israel

References

Institute of Malacology; University of Michigan. Museum of Zoology. Mollusk Division (16 April 1962). Malacologia. [Ann Arbor, Institute of Malacology]. Retrieved 16 April 2019 – via Internet Archive.

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[1] Institute of Malacology; University of Michigan. Museum of Zoology. Mollusk Division (16 April 1962). Malacologia. [Ann Arbor, Institute of Malacology]. Retrieved 16 April 2019 – via Internet Archive.