Helix mazzullii

Helix mazzullii
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Heterobranchia

clade Euthyneura
clade Panpulmonata
clade Eupulmonata
clade Stylommatophora
informal group Sigmurethra

Superfamily: Helicoidea
Family: Helicidae
Genus: Helix
Species: H. mazzullii
Binomial name
Helix mazzullii
(De Cristofori & Jan, 1832)
Synonyms

Cantareus mazzullii
Cornu mazzullii

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.

References

  1. Manganelli, G. 2000. Cantareus mazzullii. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 6 August 2007.
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