Helix mazzullii
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| Helix mazzullii | |
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| Conservation status | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Heterobranchia clade Euthyneura |
| Superfamily: | Helicoidea |
| Family: | Helicidae |
| Genus: | Helix |
| Species: | H. mazzullii |
| Binomial name | |
| Helix mazzullii (De Cristofori & Jan, 1832) |
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| Synonyms | |
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Cantareus mazzullii |
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Helix mazzullii, also known as Cantareus mazzullii or Cornu mazzullii, is a species of large, edible, air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Helicidae, the typical snails.
This species is endemic to Italy. It is threatened by habitat loss.
[edit] References
- ^ Manganelli, G. 2000. Cantareus mazzullii. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 06 August 2007.
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