Helix mazzullii

Helix mazzullii, also known as Cantareus mazzullii or Cornu mazzullii, is a species of large, edible, air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Helicidae, the typical snails.

Helix mazzullii
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Heterobranchia

clade Euthyneura
clade Panpulmonata
clade Eupulmonata
clade Stylommatophora

informal group Sigmurethra
Superfamily:
Helicoidea
Family:
Helicidae
Genus:
Helix
Species:
H. mazzullii
Binomial name
Helix mazzullii
(De Cristofori & Jan, 1832)
Synonyms

Cantareus mazzullii
Cornu mazzullii
Erctella mazzullii

This species is endemic to Sicily.[1] It is threatened by habitat loss.

References
  1. Falkner, G., Falkner, M. & von Proschwitz, T. 2011 Erctella mazzullii The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species


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