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Helix is a genus of large, air-breathing land snails native to the western Palaearctic and characterized by a globular shell. [1] [2]It is the type genus of the family Helicidae, and one of the animal genera described by Carl Linnaeus [3] at the dawn of the zoological nomenclature.
Cornu aspersum (syn. Helix aspersa, Cryptomphalus aspersus), known by the common name garden snail, is a species of land snail in the family Helicidae, which includes some of the most familiar land snails. Of all terrestrial molluscs, this species may well be the most widely known.
Helicidae is a large, diverse family of western Palaearctic, medium to large-sized, air-breathing land snails, sometimes called the "typical snails."It includes some of the largest European land snails, several species are common in anthropogenic habitats, and some became invasive on other continents.
Helix pomatia, known as the Roman snail, Burgundy snail, or escargot, is a species of large, air-breathing stylommatophoran land snail native to Europe. It is characterized by a globular brown shell. It is characterized by a globular brown shell.
Helix lucorum is a species of large, edible, air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Helicidae, the typical snails. [ 1 ] Description
Eobania vermiculata also known as Helix vermiculata, common name the "chocolate-band snail" is a species of large, air-breathing, land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Helicidae, the true snails or typical snails. Eobania vermiculata is the type species of the genus Eobania.
Helix ceratina, the Corsican snail, [1] is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Helicidae, the typical snails. [3] For a species of Helix, H. ceratina is a small snail of shell diameter max. 24 mm (28 in fossil individuals). [4] The shell is olive-brown, with darker bands, and thin-walled.
Cantareus is a genus of air-breathing land snails, a pulmonate gastropod in the family Helicidae, the typical snails. [2] Cantareus is a synonym for the genus Helix. [3] It contains the following species: Cantareus apertus (Born, 1778) synonym: Helix aperta; Cantareus koraegaelius (Bourguignat in Locard, 1882) Cantareus subapertus (Ancey, 1893)