Chilostoma planospira
Encyclopedia
Chilostoma planospira is a species of medium-sized, air-breathing, land snail
, a terrestrial
pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Helicidae
, the true snails.
These snails create and use love darts.
Snail
Snail is a common name applied to most of the members of the molluscan class Gastropoda that have coiled shells in the adult stage. When the word is used in its most general sense, it includes sea snails, land snails and freshwater snails. The word snail without any qualifier is however more often...
, a terrestrial
Terrestrial animal
Terrestrial animals are animals that live predominantly or entirely on land , as compared with aquatic animals, which live predominantly or entirely in the water , or amphibians, which rely on a combination of aquatic and terrestrial habitats...
pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Helicidae
Helicidae
The Helicidae, sometimes known as the typical snails, are a taxonomic family of small to large, air-breathing, land snails. In other words, they are terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks....
, the true snails.
Anatomy
Taxonomy
Subspecies::- Chilostoma planospira benedictum
- Chilostoma planospira macrostoma
- Chilostoma planospira occultatum
- Chilostoma planospira planospira
- Chilostoma planospira setulosum
External links
- Specie summary at: AnimalBase
- Image of live animal at: Natura Mediterraneo
- Taxonomy at: Uniprot