Cepaea
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White-lipped snail Cepaea hortensis
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Cepaea is a genus of medium-sized air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropods in the family Helicidae. The shells of species within this genus are often brightly colored and patterned with stripes.
[edit] Species
- Cepaea hortensis (Muller, 1774)
- Cepaea nemoralis (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Cepaea sylvatica (Drapanaud, 1801)
- Cepaea vindobonensis (Férussac, 1821)
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