Cepaea

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Cepaea
White-lipped snail Cepaea hortensis
White-lipped snail Cepaea hortensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Orthogastropoda
Superorder: Heterobranchia
Order: Pulmonata
Superfamily: Helicoidea
Family: Helicidae
Genus: Cepaea
Held, 1838

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.

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