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Helicidae is a large, diverse family of western Palaearctic, medium to large-sized, air-breathing land snails, sometimes called the "typical snails."It includes some of the largest European land snails, several species are common in anthropogenic habitats, and some became invasive on other continents.
Pomacea is a genus of freshwater snails with gills and an operculum, aquatic gastropod mollusks in the family Ampullariidae, the apple snails. The genus is native to the Americas; most species in this genus are restricted to South America.
Succinea ovalis Say, 1817 [7] is a synonym for Novisuccinea ovalis (Say, 1817) Succinea pennsylvanica Pilsbry, 1948 – Penn ambersnail: [7] synonym of Novisuccinea pennsylvanica (Pilsbry, 1948) † Succinea peregrina F. Sandberger, 1872: synonym of †Oxyloma affine (Reuss in Reuss & Meyer, 1849)
Mitra is a large genus of medium to large predatory sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Mitridae, the miter shells or mitre snails. [1]This genus is named after the ecclesiastical headgear, the miter, because of the shells' general shape.
Placostylus, or flax snails, are a genus of very large, air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod molluscs in the family Bothriembryontidae. [3] [2]The shells of the snails in this genus can be as large as 4.5 inches (11 cm) in maximum dimension.
Conus striatus, common name the striated cone, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Conidae, the cone snails and their allies. [3]These snails are predatory and venomous.
Conus rattus, common name the rat cone, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Conidae, the cone snails and their allies. [1]Like all species within the genus Conus, these snails are predatory and venomous.
Synonyms Helix alliaria Miller, 1822 Oxychilus alliarius , commonly known as the garlic snail or garlic glass-snail , is a species of small, air-breathing land snail , a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the glass snail family, Oxychilidae .