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Helicigona
Sign in to saveHelicigona is a genus of medium-sized, air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod molluscs in the subfamily Ariantinae of the family Helicidae, the typical snails.
Species
Lapidary Snail
GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumMollusca
- ClassGastropoda
- OrderStylommatophora
- FamilyHelicidae
Observations3,156
via GBIF
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 268
- With media
- 21
- Family
- Helicidae
- Collections
- RBINS-SCIENTIFIC HERITAGE
- Recorded in
- Italy, Croatia, Austria, Albania, France, Romania, Switzerland, United Kingdom
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Encyclopedic overview
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Helicigona is a genus of medium-sized, air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod molluscs in the subfamily Ariantinae of the family Helicidae, the typical snails.
==Anatomy== These snails create and use love darts during mating. left|thumb|The love dart of Helicigona lapicida
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