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Helix aspersa O.F.Müller, 1774

Dataset
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Herbert, D. & Kilburn, D. Field guide to the land snails and slugs of eastern South Africa. (2004).
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Classification

kingdom
Animalia
phylum
Mollusca
class
Gastropoda
order
Stylommatophora
family
Helicidae
genus
Cornu
species
Cornu aspersum

Name

Homonyms
Helix aspersa O.F.Müller, 1774
Helix aspersa O.F.Müller, 1774
Common names
European brown snail in language.
brown garden snail in language.
brown gardensnail in English

Bibliographic References

  1. Benson, W. H. (1842). Note of Irish fresh water snails. <em>Calcutta Journal of Natural History: and miscellany of the arts and sciences of India.</em> 2: 223-224.
  2. Bruggen, A.C. van. (1981). Cochlicopa lubricella and Helix aspersa as alien land snails (Gastropoda, Pulmonata) in Zimbabwe/Rhodesia. <em>Basteria 45: 71–72.</em>
  3. Bruggen, A.C. van. (1985). The terrestrial molluscs of Lesotho (southern Africa), a first contribution, with detailed notes on Archachatina machachensis (Mollusca, Gastropoda). <em>Proceedings of the Koninklijke Nederlandse Akademie van Wetenschappen, Series C, 88(3): 267–296.</em>
  4. Bruggen, A.C. van. (1987). Helix aspersa (Gastropoda Pulmonata) in The Gambia. West Africa. <em>Basteria 51: 16.</em>
  5. Herbert, D. & Kilburn, D. (2004). Field guide to the land snails and slugs of eastern South Africa. Pietermaritzburg: Natal Museum. [v] + 336 pp.
  6. International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature. Opinion 336 Addition to the Official List of Specific Names in Zoology of the specific names of one hundred and twenty-two non-marine species of the phylum Mollusca.Opinions and declarations rendered by the International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature 10(3), 77-108 (1955)
  7. Kerney, M.P., Cameron, R.A.D. & Jungbluth, J-H. (1983). Die Landschnecken Nord- und Mitteleuropas. Ein Bestimmungsbuch für Biologen und Naturfreunde, 384 pp., 24 plates. [Summer or later]. Hamburg / Berlin (Paul Parey).
  8. Maurrasse, F. (1972). On the presence of large numbers of speckled garden snail, <i>Helix aspersa</i> in Haiti. <em>New York Shell Club Notes.</em> no. 180: 5-6.
  9. Müller, O. F. (1774). Vermium terrestrium et fluviatilium, seu animalium infusorium, Helminthicorum, et testaceorum, non marinorum, succincta historia. vol 2: I-XXXVI, 1-214, 10 unnumbered pages. Havniae et Lipsiae, apud Heineck et Faber, ex officina Molleriana.
  10. Turgeon, D. D., A. E. Bogan, E. V. Coan, W. K. Emerson, W. G. Lyons, W. Pratt, et al., 1988: Common and scientific names of aquatic invertebrates from the United States and Canada: mollusks. American Fisheries Society Special Publication 16. vii + 277.
  11. Turgeon, D. D., J. F. Quinn, Jr., A. E. Bogan, E. V. Coan, F. G. Hochberg, W. G. Lyons, et al., 1998: Common and scientific names of aquatic invertebrates from the United States and Canada: Mollusks, 2nd ed.. American Fisheries Society Special Publication 26. 526.
  12. von Proschwitz (2003) Listor över blötdjur ursprungligen sammanställda av Ted von Proschwitz, Göteborgs Naturhistoriska Museum, och sedan tagna från ArtDatabankens taxa-tabell per 2004-09-15.
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