Eobania vermiculata | |
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Two shells of the species showing apical and apertural views | |
An unusually dark, subadult live individual of Eobania vermiculata | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Order: | Stylommatophora |
Family: | Helicidae |
Genus: | Eobania |
Species: | E. vermiculata
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Binomial name | |
Eobania vermiculata (O. F. Müller, 1774)[1]
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Synonyms | |
Helix vermiculata O. F. Müller, 1774 |
Eobania vermiculata also known as Helix vermiculata, common name the "chocolate-band snail" is a species of large, air-breathing, land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Helicidae, the true snails or typical snails.
Eobania vermiculata is the type species of the genus Eobania.