Arianta arbustorum
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| Arianta arbustorum Linnaeus, 1758 |
Arianta arbustorum is a medium-sized species of land snail, sometimes known as the "copse snail", a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Helicidae.
[edit] Subspecies
- Arianta arbustorum alpicola
- Arianta arbustorum arbustorum
- Arianta arbustorum canigonensis
- Arianta arbustorum picea
- Arianta arbustorum pseudorudis
- Arianta arbustorum repellini
- Arianta arbustorum styriaca
- Arianta arbustorum vareliensis
[edit] Distribution
This species is native to Europe, and can be found at least in the Netherlands[1], Czech Republic, Slovakia, Poland, Finland, the British Isles, and other countries. In Finland, it has become so common in the Porvoo region east of Helsinki, that it is locally called the "Porvoo snail".
[edit] References
- ^ (Dutch) Arianta arbustorum — Anemoon
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