Helix melanostoma

Helix melanostoma
	Shell of Helix melanostoma (specimen at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Order:	Stylommatophora
Family:	Helicidae
Subfamily:	Helicinae
Tribe:	Helicini
Genus:	Helix
Species:	H. melanostoma
Binomial name
	Helix melanostoma; Draparnaud, 1801
Synonyms
	Helix (Helix) melanostoma Draparnaud, 1801· accepted, alternate representation; Helix melanonixia Bourguignat, 1876 (junior synonym); Helix melanostoma var. candida Rossmässler, 1839 (junior synonym); Helix melanostoma var. vittata Rossmässler, 1839 (invalid; not O. F. Müller, 1774); Helix pachypleura Bourguignat, 1882 (junior synonym); Helix uthicensis Pechaud, 1883 (junior synonym); Pomatia melanostoma (Draparnaud, 1801); Pomatia melanostoma var. doliolum Pallary, 1939 (junior synonym);

Helix melanostoma is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the subfamily Helicinae of the family Helicidae, the typical snails.^[2]

Appearance

Colour of the shell greyish or almost white. The inner margin of the mouth brown or violet. Size about 38 × 36 to 28 × 33 mm.

^ Draparnaud J. P. R. (1801). Tableau des mollusques terrestres et fluviatiles de la France. pp. [1-2], 1-116. Montpellier, Paris.
^ MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Helix melanostoma Draparnaud, 1801. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1050280 on 2021-02-14
^ "Escargots : HelixMelanostomaCarto". www.onem-france.org. Retrieved 22 June 2010.

Bank, R. A.; Neubert, E. (2017). Checklist of the land and freshwater Gastropoda of Europe. Last update: July 16, 2017

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