Our website is made possible by displaying online advertisements to our visitors.
Please consider supporting us by disabling your ad blocker.
Theba pisana
| Theba pisana | |
|---|---|
| |
| A live and active individual of Theba pisana | |
Scientific classification 
| |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Order: | Stylommatophora |
| Family: | Helicidae |
| Genus: | Theba |
| Species: | T. pisana
|
| Binomial name | |
| Theba pisana | |
| Synonyms[2] | |
| |
Theba pisana, common names the white garden snail, sand hill snail, white Italian snail, Mediterranean coastal snail, and simply just the Mediterranean snail, is an edible species of medium-sized, air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Helicidae, the typical snails.
This species is native to the Mediterranean region, but it has become an invasive species in many other countries. Theba pisana is a well-known agricultural pest in numerous parts of the world.[3] The shell color varies from white to yellow-brown with light brown spiral markings.[3]
- ^ Müller O. F. (1774). Vermivm terrestrium et fluviatilium, seu animalium infusoriorum, helminthicorum, et testaceorum, non marinorum, succincta historia. Volumen alterum. pp. I-XXXVI, 1-214. Havniae & Lipsiae. (Heineck & Faber). page 60-61.
- ^ "Synonyms of Helix pisana". AnimalBase, accessed 11 May 2011.
- ^ a b Cite error: The named reference
Odendaal 2008was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
Previous Page Next Page
