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| Helicodonta obvoluta | |
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| The shell of an adult Helicodonta obvoluta | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Order: | Stylommatophora |
| Family: | Helicodontidae |
| Genus: | Helicodonta |
| Species: | H. obvoluta
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| Binomial name | |
| Helicodonta obvoluta (O. F. Müller, 1774)[2]
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Helicodonta obvoluta is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Helicodontidae.[3]
- Subspecies
- Helicodonta obvoluta albanica A. J. Wagner, 1914
- Helicodonta obvoluta bosniaca O. Boettger, 1885
- Helicodonta obvoluta calabrica Degner, 1927
- Helicodonta obvoluta dentata (Westerlund, 1876)
- Helicodonta obvoluta obvoluta (O. F. Müller, 1774)
The distribution of this species is spread over large parts of Europe, where it inhabits deciduous and mixed forests. This species is sometimes called the "cheese snail" because the shape of the shell resembles that of a wheel of cheese.
- ^ IUCN (2011). 2011 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species Version 3.11. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Retrieved 3 November 2011.
- ^ Müller, O. F. 1774. Vermivm terrestrium et fluviatilium, seu animalium infusoriorum, helminthicorum, et testaceorum, non marinorum, succincta historia. Volumen alterum. pp. I-XXVI [= 1-36], 1-214, [1-10]. Havniæ & Lipsiæ. (Heineck & Faber).
- ^ MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Helicodonta obvoluta (O. F. Müller, 1774). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=887089 on 2021-02-01