Helix texta
| Helix texta | |
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| Conservation status | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Heterobranchia clade Euthyneura |
| Superfamily: | Helicoidea |
| Family: | Helicidae |
| Genus: | Helix |
| Species: | H. texta |
| Binomial name | |
| Helix texta Mousson, 1861 |
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Helix texta is a species of large, edible, air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Helicidae, the typical snails. This species is endemic to Israel.
The size of the egg is 5.5 mm.[2]
References
- ^ Heller J. 1996. Helix texta. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 7 August 2007.
- ^ Heller J.: Life History Strategies. in Barker G. M. (ed.): The biology of terrestrial molluscs. CABI Publishing, Oxon, UK, 2001, ISBN 0-85199-318-4. 1-146, cited page: 428.
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