Hygromia cinctella

Hygromia cinctella
A live individual of Hygromia cinctella, withdrawn into its shell
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Stylommatophora
Family: Hygromiidae
Genus: Hygromia
Species:
H. cinctella
Binomial name
Hygromia cinctella
(Draparnaud, 1801)
Synonyms
List
    • Helix cinctella Draparnaud, 1801
    • Helix interrupta Bonelli, 1872
    • Helix ecarinata Paulucci, 1878
    • Helix chelydea Westerlund, 1889

Hygromia cinctella, known commonly as the girdled snail, is a small European species of air-breathing land snail, belonging to the terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk subfamily Hygromiinae of the family Hygromiidae.[1] It is native to the Mediterranean region and was described by the French macacolgist Jacques Draparnaud in 1801. It is now found in central and northern Europe.[2]

  1. ^ MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Hygromia cinctella (Draparnaud, 1801). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=882572 on 2021-03-13
  2. ^ "Hygromia (Hygromia) cinctella (Draparnaud, 1801)". Fauna Europaea. Retrieved 1 October 2023.