Helicigona lapicida
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| A live individual of Helicigona lapicida from northwestern France | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Heterobranchia clade Euthyneura |
| Superfamily: | Helicoidea |
| Family: | Helicidae |
| Genus: | Helicigona |
| Species: | H. lapicida |
| Binomial name | |
| Helicigona lapicida Linnaeus, 1758 |
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Helicigona lapicida is a species of medium-sized, air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Helicidae, the typical snails.
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[edit] Anatomy
This species of snail makes and uses love darts during mating.
[edit] Distribution
This species is native to Europe, especially central Europe.
[edit] Shell description
The shell of this species is approximately 20 mm in maximum dimension. The periphery of the shell is sharply keeled. There is a wide umbilicus. The peristome around the aperture is white and strongly reflected and lipped. The shell color is grey-brown with some red brown patches.
[edit] References
Janus, Horst, 1965. The young specialist looks at land and freshwater molluscs, Burke, London
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