Helix melanostoma

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]

Helix melanostoma
Shell of Helix melanostoma (specimen at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Heterobranchia
Order: Stylommatophora
Family: Helicidae
Subfamily: Helicinae
Tribe: Helicini
Genus: Helix
Species:
H. melanostoma
Binomial name
Helix melanostoma
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)

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.

Distribution
  • Helix melanostoma occurs in Algeria, Tunisia and South France[3]

References
  1. Draparnaud J. P. R. (1801). Tableau des mollusques terrestres et fluviatiles de la France. pp. [1-2], 1-116. Montpellier, Paris.
  2. 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
  3. "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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