Helicigona lapicida

Taxobox
name = "Helicigona lapicida"


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regnum = Animalia
phylum = Mollusca
classis = Gastropoda
subclassis = Orthogastropoda
superordo = Heterobranchia
ordo = Pulmonata
familia = Helicidae
genus = "Helicigona"
species = "H. lapicida"
binomial = "Helicigona lapicida"
binomial_authority = 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.

This species of snail makes and uses love darts.

Distribution

This species is native to Europe, especially central Europe.

Shell description

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