Helix mazzullii
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Heterobranchia
Order: Stylommatophora
Family: Helicidae
Genus: Helix
Species:
H. mazzullii
Binomial name
Helix mazzullii
(De Cristofori & Jan, 1832)
Synonyms

Cantareus mazzullii
Cornu mazzullii
Erctella 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 Sicily.[1] It is threatened by habitat loss.

References

  1. 1 2 Falkner, G., Falkner, M. & von Proschwitz, T. 2011 Erctella mazzullii The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species


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