Rock snail

Rock snail
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: Codringtonia
Subgenus: Codringtonia
Species: C. codringtonii
Binomial name
Codringtonia codringtonii
(Gray, 1834)[2]
Synonyms

Helix codringtonii Gray, 1834
Codringtonia codringtonia (Gray, 1834) [orth error]

The rock snail, scientific name Codringtonia codringtonii, is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Helicidae, the typical snails.[1][3][4]

Geographic distribution

C. codringtonii is endemic to Greece, where it occurs in the south-western part of the Peloponnese.[1][3][4]

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