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Species of gastropod

Helix melanostoma
Shell of Helix melanostoma (specimen at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Stylommatophora
Family: Helicidae
Subfamily: Helicinae
Tribe: Helicini
Genus: Helix
Species: H. melanostoma
Binomial name
Helix melanostoma
Draparnaud, 1801
Synonyms
  • Helix (Helix) melanostoma Draparnaud, 1801· accepted, alternate representation
  • Helix melanonixia Bourguignat, 1876 (junior synonym)
  • Helix melanostoma var. candida Rossmässler, 1839 (junior synonym)
  • Helix melanostoma var. vittata Rossmässler, 1839 (invalid; not O. F. Müller, 1774)
  • Helix pachypleura Bourguignat, 1882 (junior synonym)
  • Helix uthicensis Pechaud, 1883 (junior synonym)
  • Pomatia melanostoma (Draparnaud, 1801)
  • Pomatia melanostoma var. doliolum Pallary, 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.

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

References

  1. Draparnaud J. P. R. (1801). Tableau des mollusques terrestres et fluviatiles de la France. pp. , 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.
  • Bank, R. A.; Neubert, E. (2017). Checklist of the land and freshwater Gastropoda of Europe. Last update: July 16, 2017

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