Decollate snail

Rumina decollata
A live individual of the decollate snail

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Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Stylommatophora
Suborder: Achatinina
Superfamily: Achatinoidea
Family: Achatinidae
Subfamily: Rumininae
Genus: Rumina
Species:
R. decollata
Binomial name
Rumina decollata
Synonyms
  • Bulimus bavouxi Coquand, 1862 (junior subjective synonym)
  • Bulimus decollatus Draparaud, 1805
  • Helix decollata Linnaeus, 1758
  • Orbitina incomparabilis (Germain, 1930)
  • Orbitina truncatella (Germain, 1930)
  • Rumina decollata cylindrica[1]
  • Rumina paivae (Lowe, 1861)
  • Stenogyra (Rumina) decollata (Linnaeus, 1758) (superseded combination)
  • Stenogyra bavouxi (Coquand, 1862) (junior subjective synonym)
  • Stenogyra decollata (Linnaeus, 1758) (unaccepted combination)

The decollate snail, scientific name Rumina decollata, is a medium-sized predatory land snail, a species of terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Achatinidae.[4] It originated in the Mediterranean but has been introduced in a number of areas worldwide. It was recently found to represent a species complex.[5]

  1. ^ a b Gómez Moliner, B.J. (2017). "Rumina decollata (Europe assessment)". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2017: e.T171533A105796803. Retrieved 16 June 2023.
  2. ^ "Rumina decollata". NatureServe Explorer An online encyclopedia of life. 7.1. NatureServe. Retrieved 17 June 2023.
  3. ^ Linnaeus C. 1758. Systema naturae per regna tria naturæ, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Tomus I. Editio decima, reformata. pp. [1-4], 1-824. Holmiae. (Salvius).
  4. ^ Bank, R. (2017). Classification of the Recent terrestrial Gastropoda of the World. Last update: July 16, 2017.. World Register of Marine Species, Retrieved 10 January 2019.
  5. ^ Prévot, V.; Jordaens, K.; Sonet, G.; Backeljau, T. (2013). "Exploring Species Level Taxonomy and Species Delimitation Methods in the Facultatively Self-Fertilizing Land Snail Genus Rumina (Gastropoda: Pulmonata)". PLOS ONE. 8 (4): e60736. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0060736. PMC 3618274. PMID 23577154.