Theba pisana: taxon details and analytics
- Domain
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Mollusca
- Class
- Gastropoda
- Order
- Stylommatophora
- Family
- Helicidae
- Genus
- Theba
- Species
- Theba pisana
- Scientific Name
- Theba pisana
Summary description from Wikipedia:
Theba pisana
Theba pisana, common names the white garden snail, sand hill snail, white Italian snail, Mediterranean coastal snail, and simply just the Mediterranean snail, is an edible species of medium-sized, air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Helicidae, the typical snails.
This species is native to the Mediterranean region, but it has become an invasive species in many other countries. Theba pisana is a well-known agricultural pest in numerous parts of the world. The shell color varies from white to yellow-brown with light brown spiral markings.
...Theba pisana in languages:
- Afrikaans
- Duineslak
- Arabic
- حلزون الحديقة الأبيض
- Chinese
- 比薩茶蝸牛 (地中海蝸牛 沿海蝸牛)
- Croatian
- Mediteranski hrpaš
- Czech
- dunovka proměnlivá
- Dutch
- Zandslak
- English
- White Italian Snail
- English
- Mediterranean Coastal Snail
- English
- Sandhill Snail
- English
- White Snail
- English
- White Garden Snail
- English
- Spanish Snail
- English
- Sand Hill Snail
- English
- Pisana Helix
- English
- Banded Snail
- English
- Dune Snail
- French
- Caragouille rosée
- French
- Hélice de Pise
- German
- Mittelmeer-Sandschnecke
- German
- Dünenschnecke
- Hebrew
- דרחול השיח
- Italian
- Bovoletto
- Japanese
- マジョルカコマイマイ
- Modern Greek
- Σαλιγκάρι των Αμμοθινών
- Modern Greek
- Άσπρα Χοχλιδάκια
- Portuguese
- Caracol-das-cervejarias
- Portuguese
- Caracol-das-Tascas
- Swedish
- dynsnäcka
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