Helix melanostoma

Helix melanostoma is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Helicidae, the typical snails.

Helix melanostoma
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Heterobranchia
clade Euthyneura
clade Panpulmonata
clade Eupulmonata
clade Stylommatophora
Superfamily:
Helicoidea
Family:
Helicidae
Genus:
Helix
Species:
H. melanostoma
Binomial name
Helix melanostoma
Draparnaud, 1801[1]

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[2]

References
  1. Draparnaud J. P. R. (1801). Tableau des mollusques terrestres et fluviatiles de la France. pp. [1-2], 1-116. Montpellier, Paris.
  2. http://www.onem-france.org/escargots/wakka.php?wiki=HelixMelanostomaCarto accessed 22 June 2010.


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