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Ariantinae
Helicidae is a large, diverse family of western Palaearctic, medium to large-sized, air-breathing land snails, sometimes called the "typical snails." It includes some of the largest European land snails, several species are common in anthropogenic habitats, and some became invasive on other continents. A number of species in this family are valued as food items, including Cornu aspersum (formerly Helix aspersa; "petit gris") the brown or garden snail, and Helix pomatia (the "escargot"). The biologies of...
21 branches of this subfamily, most-observed first

Arianta
genusArianta

Helicigona
genusHelicigona

Chilostoma
genusChilostoma

Campylaea
genusCampylaea

Faustina
genusFaustina

Corneola
genusCorneola

Isognomostoma
genusIsognomostoma

Dinarica
genusDinarica

Drobacia
genusDrobacia

Liburnica
genusLiburnica

Kosicia
genusKosicia

Cattania
genusCattania

Causa
genusCausa

Pseudotrizona
genusPseudotrizona

Vidovicia
genusVidovicia

Cylindrus
genusCylindrus

Delphinatia
genusDelphinatia

Thiessea
genusThiessea

Josephinella
genusJosephinella

Campylaeopsis
genusCampylaeopsis

Kollarix
genusKollarix
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 906904.