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Theba pisana (O.F.Müller, 1774)

Dataset
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Rank
SPECIES

Classification

kingdom
Animalia
phylum
Mollusca
class
Gastropoda
order
Stylommatophora
family
Helicidae
genus
Theba
species
Theba pisana

Name

Synonyms
Cernuella metabola (Westerlund, 1889)
Euparypha pisana (O.F.Müller, 1774)
Helicella pisana (O.F.Müller, 1774)
Helix albella Linnaeus, 1758
Helix metabola Westerlund, 1889
Helix petholata Olivi, 1792
Helix pisana O.F.Müller, 1774
Helix rhodostoma Draparnaud, 1801
Janthina alba Anton, 1838
Theba lucostoma Risso, 1826
Homonyms
Theba pisana (O.F.Müller, 1774)
Common names
Caragouille rosée in French
Caragouille rosée in French
Dünenschnecke in German
Dünenschnecke in German
Escargot des dunes in French
Mediterranean sand snail in English
Mediterranean white snail in English
Mittelmeer-Sandschnecke in German
Mittelmeersandschnecke in German
Sandhill snail in English
White Snail in English
White garden snail in English
White garden snail in English
White snail in English
Zandslak in Dutch
kërmilli i dunave in Albanian
sandhill snail in English
white gardensnail in English
white gardensnail in English
white snail in English
zandslak in Dutch
zandslak in Dutch
White Snail in English
Zandslak in Dutch
dynsnäcka in Swedish
Dünenschnecke in German
Mediterranean sand snail in English
Mediterranean white snail in English
Mittelmeer-Sandschnecke in German
Mittelmeersandschnecke in German
kërmilli i dunave in Albanian
sandhill snail in English
white gardensnail in English
white snail in English
zandslak in Dutch

Bibliographic References

  1. "De Smet, W.H. & Van Rompu, E.A. 1989. Survey of the distribution and shell polymorphism of Cochlicella acuta (Müller, 1774) and Theba pisana (Müller, 1774) (Pulmonata, Helicidae) along the Belgian coastal dune area. – Verhandelingen van het symposium ""Invertebraten van België"" (Published by the Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences, Brussels), 119-124." De Smet & Van Rompu (1989)
  2. Adam, W. & Leloup, E. 1937. Sur la présence de Helicella virgata (Da Costa) et Theba pisana (Müller) en Belgique. – Mededeelingen van het Koninklijk Natuurhistorisch Museum van België 13(10): 1-8. Adam & Leloup (1937)
  3. Adam, W. 1947a. Notes sur les gastéropodes. XV. – Recherches sur la faune malacologique des dunes littorales de la Belgique. – Mededeelingen van het Koninklijk Natuurhistorisch Museum van België 23(27): 1-27. Adam (1947a)
  4. Adam, W. 1947b. Révision des mollusques de la Belgique. I. Mollusques terrestres et dulcicoles. – Verhandelingen van het Koninklijk Natuurhistorisch Museum van België 106: 1-298. Adam (1947b)
  5. AnimalBase Project Group (2005-2014) AnimalBase. Early zoological literature online. - World wide web electronic publication (www.animalbase.uni-goettingen.de). Available at: (accessed 2016). www.animalbase.uni-goettingen.de
  6. Anonymous. 1867a. Séance du 2 décembre 1866. M. Colbeau donne quelques détails sur ces mollusques d'Algérie qu'il a parqués en différents endroits. – Bulletins de la Société Malacologique de Belgique 2: XXXIV-XXXVI. Anonymous (1867a)
  7. Anonymous. 1869. Séance du 2 mai 1869. Rapport. – M. Staes donne lecture du rapport suivant sur l'excursion faite à Nieuport par la Société. – Bulletins de la Société Malacologique de Belgique 4: XXIV-XL. Anonymous (1869)
  8. Anteunis, A. 1956. Biosociologische studie van de Belgische zeeduinen – Verband tussen de plantengroei en de molluskenfauna. – Verhandelingen van de Koninklijke Vlaamse Academie voor Wetenschappen, Letteren en Schone Kunsten van België, Klasse der Wetenschappen, No. 54, 194 pp. Anteunis (1956)
  9. Bjelke (2017) E-mail to Johan Liljeblad 2017-04-07: Re: Nya snäckor
  10. Cain, A. J. (1984). Genetics of some morphs in the land snail <i>Theba pisana</i>. <em>Malacologia.</em> 25(2): 381-411.
  11. Cowie, R. H. (1984). Ecogenetics of <i>Theba pisana</i> (Pulmonata: Helicidae) at the northern edge of its range. <em>Malacologia.</em> 25(2): 361-380.
  12. Cowie, R. H. (1984). The life cycle and productivity of the land snail <i>Theba pisana</i> (Mollusca: Helicidae). <em>The Journal of Animal Ecology.</em> 53: 311-325.
  13. Cucherat, X. 2006. Catalogue annoté des Gastéropodes terrestres (Mollusca, Gastropoda) de la région Nord – Pas-de-Calais. – MalaCo 2: 40-91. Cucherat (2006)
  14. De Wilde, J.J., Marquet, R. & Van Goethem, J.L. 1986. Voorlopige atlas van de landslakken van België – Atlas provisoire des gastéropodes terrestres de la Belgique. – Published by the Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences, Brussels, 285 pp. De Wilde et al. (1986b)
  15. Deblock, R. & Hoestlandt, H. 1967. Données biologiques sur le gastropode littoral Theba pisana Muller aux limites septentrionales de son extension. – Comptes Rendus Hebdomadaires des Séances de 1'Academie des Sciences, Série D: Sciences Naturelles 265: 893-896. Deblock & Hoestlandt (1967)
  16. Devriese, H., Vercoutere, B. & Van Loen, H. 2004. Hoofdstuk 018. Landslakken. In: Provoost, S. & Bonte, D. (Eds) Levende duinen: een overzicht van de biodiversiteit aan de Vlaamse kust. – Mededelingen van het Instituut voor Natuurbehoud 22: 345-365. Devriese et al. (2004)
  17. Dutertre, A. P. 1927. Esquisse biogéographique de l'estuaire de la Canche (Pas-de-Calais). – Comptes Rendus de la Société de Biogéographie 4 (28): 51-58. Dutertre (1927)
  18. GB Non-native Species Secretariat (2016) GB Non-native Species Information Portal. https://secure.fera.defra.gov.uk/nonnativespecies/home/index.cfm (accessed 2016). https://secure.fera.defra.gov.uk/nonnativespecies/home/index.cfm
  19. Herbert, D.G. (2010). The introduced terrestrial Mollusca of South Africa. SANBI Biodiversity Series, 15: vi + 108 pp. Pretoria. [SANBI = South African National Biodiversity Institute].
  20. Hostie, E. 1935. Helix pisana, Müll. en Belgique. – Les Naturalistes Belges 16: 24. Hostie (1935)
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