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Helicina orbiculata (Say 1818)

Helicina orbiculata

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Helicina orbiculata is a species of land snail with an operculum, a terrestrial gastropod mollusk in the family Helicinidae. They are one of few land snail species to have eyes at the base of their tentacles. This may suggest that Helicina orbiculata individuals are separate male and female, as opposed to the more common hermaphroditic land snails.

Distribution

This species lives in north-eastern Mexico, Texas, and Florida; especially the northern half of the Florida panhandle, and the central part of Texas, or the parts with a more tropical/subtropical climate. They will survive in areas that have occasional freezes, most likely by burrowing and resurfacing when the ground saturates in the spring. They are drought tolerant but less so than some more well known (although larger) terrestrial snail species. [1]

References

  1. ^ a b Strenth N. E. & Littleton T. G. (1 February 2000). "A revision of the land snail Helicina orbiculata (gastropoda: prosobranchia) from the southern United States.". The Texas Journal of Science. [1] accessed 3 May 2010
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Helicina orbiculata: Brief Summary

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Helicina orbiculata is a species of land snail with an operculum, a terrestrial gastropod mollusk in the family Helicinidae. They are one of few land snail species to have eyes at the base of their tentacles. This may suggest that Helicina orbiculata individuals are separate male and female, as opposed to the more common hermaphroditic land snails.

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