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  2. Land snail - Wikipedia

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    The largest living species is the Giant African Snail or Ghana Tiger Snail (Achatina achatina; Family Achatinidae), which can measure up to 30 cm. [13] [14] The largest land snails of non-tropical Eurasia are endemic Caucasian snails Helix buchi and Helix goderdziana from the south-eastern Black Sea area in Georgia and Turkey; diameter of the ...

  3. Snail - Wikipedia

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    The smallest land snail, Angustopila psammion, was discovered in 2022 and measures 0.6 mm in diameter. [ 5 ] The largest known land gastropod is the African giant snail Achatina achatina , the largest recorded specimen of which measured 39.3 centimetres (15.5 in) from snout to tail when fully extended, with a shell length of 27.3 cm (10.7 in ...

  4. List of non-marine molluscs of Vietnam - Wikipedia

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    Land gastropods in Vietnam include: Specimens of Cyclophorus phongnhakebangensis (a: holotype, b and c: paratypes; scale bar: 10 mm). Cyclophoridae. Chamalycaeus depressus (Bavay et Dautzenberg, 1912) [9]

  5. Mometasone - Wikipedia

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    Mometasone, also known as mometasone furoate, is a steroid (specifically, a glucocorticoid) medication used to treat certain skin conditions, hay fever, and asthma. [ 10 ] [ 11 ] [ 12 ] Specifically it is used to prevent rather than treat asthma attacks. [ 10 ]

  6. Bertia cambojiensis - Wikipedia

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    Bertia cambojiensis, also known as Vietnamese giant snail or Vietnamese giant magnolia snail, is a critically endangered [1] species of air-breathing land snail, recorded from Cambodia and southern Vietnam. [3] It is a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusc in the family Dyakiidae. [2]

  7. Littorinoidea - Wikipedia

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    Littorinoidea are a superfamily of both sea snails and land snails which have a gill and an operculum, terrestrial and marine gastropod mollusks in the clade Littorinimorpha. [2]The terrestrial family within this group, the Pomatiidae, are sometimes called "land winkles" [3] because the group originated in the sea and the closely related family Littorinidae are known as "winkles".

  8. Cerastidae - Wikipedia

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    Cerastidae is a family of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod ... Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 ...

  9. Cepaea nemoralis - Wikipedia

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    The grove snail, brown-lipped snail or lemon snail (Cepaea nemoralis) is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusc. [3] It is one of the most common large species of land snail in Europe, and has been introduced to North America. Subspecies. Cepaea nemoralis etrusca (Rossmässler, 1835) [4]