Helicigona lapicida

Helicigona lapicida
A live individual of Helicigona lapicida from northwestern France
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: Helicigona
Species: H. lapicida
Binomial name
Helicigona lapicida
(Linnaeus, 1758)

Helicigona lapicida is a species of medium-sized, air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Helicidae, the typical snails.

Anatomy

Love dart of Helicigona lapicida

This species of snail makes and uses love darts during mating.

Distribution

This species is native to Europe, especially Central Europe.

Shell description

Five views of a shell of Helicigona lapicida lapicida
Five views of a shell of Helicigona lapicida andorrica

The shell of this species is approximately 20 mm in maximum dimension. The periphery of the shell is sharply keeled. There is a wide umbilicus. The peristome around the aperture is white and strongly reflected and lipped. The shell color is grey-brown with some red brown patches.

References

    Janus, Horst, 1965. The young specialist looks at land and freshwater molluscs, Burke, London

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