Helix melanostoma

Helix melanostoma is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the subfamily Helicinae of the family Helicidae, the typical snails.^[2]

Helix melanostoma
Shell of Helix melanostoma (specimen at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Order:	Stylommatophora
Family:	Helicidae
Subfamily:	Helicinae
Tribe:	Helicini
Genus:	Helix
Species:	H. melanostoma
Binomial name
Helix melanostoma Draparnaud, 1801[1]
Synonyms
Helix (Helix) melanostoma Draparnaud, 1801· accepted, alternate representation Helix melanonixia Bourguignat, 1876 (junior synonym) Helix melanostoma var. candida Rossmässler, 1839 (junior synonym) Helix melanostoma var. vittata Rossmässler, 1839 (invalid; not O. F. Müller, 1774) Helix pachypleura Bourguignat, 1882 (junior synonym) Helix uthicensis Pechaud, 1883 (junior synonym) Pomatia melanostoma (Draparnaud, 1801) Pomatia melanostoma var. doliolum Pallary, 1939 (junior synonym)

Appearance

Colour of the shell greyish or almost white. The inner margin of the mouth brown or violet. Size about 38 × 36 to 28 × 33 mm.

Distribution

• Helix melanostoma occurs in Algeria, Tunisia and South France^[3]