Helix lutescens is species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Helicidae, the true snails.[1]
Helix lutescens | |
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Four shells of Helix lutescens | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Heterobranchia |
Order: | Stylommatophora |
Family: | Helicidae |
Subfamily: | Helicinae |
Tribe: | Helicini |
Genus: | Helix |
Species: | H. lutescens
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Binomial name | |
Helix lutescens | |
Synonyms[1] | |
Helix (Helix) lutescens Rossmässler, 1837· accepted, alternate representation |
This species of snail creates and uses calcareous love darts.
Its native distribution is pericarpathian.[2]