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Eremina desertorum (formerly Helix desertorum) is a species of land snails in the genus Eremina. [1][2][3] It is native to desert regions in Egypt [4] and Israel. [5] A specimen from Egypt, initially thought to be dead was glued to an index card at the British Museum in March 1846. However, in March 1850, it was discovered to be alive. [6]
The shell colour may be beige, orange or yellow with a zig-zag red or brown pattern. Sometimes these shells are completely black. The fleshy body of the snail is black with bright yellow or orange spots. [5] Pigment producing cells infect nearby cells so that they also produce pigment. Cells that are infected once become immune to producing ...
Cepaea (Cepaea) nemoralis (Linnaeus, 1758) Helix nemoralis Linnaeus, 1758. The grove snail, brown-lipped snail or lemon snail (Cepaea nemoralis) is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusc. [3] It is one of the most common large species of land snail in Europe, and has been introduced to North America.
Land snail. Helix pomatia, a species of air-breathing land snail used for escargot, is a little bit larger than the common garden snail. A land snail is any of the numerous species of snail that live on land, as opposed to the sea snails and freshwater snails. Land snail is the common name for terrestrial gastropod mollusks that have shells ...
Conus textile, the textile cone or the cloth of gold cone [3] is a venomous species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Conidae, the cone snails, cone shells or cones. Textile cone snails live mostly in the Indian Ocean, along the eastern coast of Africa and around Australia. [4] Like all species within the genus Conus, these ...
Trochus imperialis Gmelin, 1791. Astraea heliotropium, common name the sunburst star turban or the circular saw shell, is a large sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc of the family Turbinidae, the turbans and star snails. [3] This large species was brought to Europe for the first time by the famous Captain Cook. [4]
Helix (gastropod) Helix is a genus of large, air-breathing land snails native to the western Palaearctic and characterized by a globular shell. [ 1 ][ 2 ] It is the type genus of the family Helicidae, and one of the animal genera described by Carl Linnaeus [ 3 ] at the dawn of the zoological nomenclature.
Shell description. Megalophaedusa martensi is the largest species of the family Clausiliidae in the world. The individual in the photograph has a shell which is 45.5 mm long. The whole snail weighs 3.2 g live. Almost all the species of snails in the family of door snails are left-handed, which is an uncommon feature in gastropod shells in general.