Helicella itala | |
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shell of Helicella itala | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Order: | Stylommatophora |
Family: | Geomitridae |
Genus: | Helicella |
Species: | H. itala
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Binomial name | |
Helicella itala (Linnaeus, 1758)
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Distribution | |
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Helicella itala is a species of medium-sized, air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusc in the family Geomitridae, the hairy snails and their allies.[1]
The English common name for this species is heath snail.