Hygromia cinctella

Hygromia cinctella
A live individual of Hygromia cinctella, withdrawn into its shell
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Heterobranchia
clade Euthyneura
clade Panpulmonata
clade Eupulmonata
clade Stylommatophora
informal group Sigmurethra
Superfamily:
Helicoidea
Family:
Hygromiidae
Genus:
Hygromia
Species:
H. cinctella
Binomial name
Hygromia cinctella
(Draparnaud, 1801)
Synonyms
List
    • Helix cinctella Draparnaud, 1801
    • Helix interrupta Bonelli, 1872
    • Helix ecarinata Paulucci, 1878
    • Helix chelydea Westerlund, 1889

Hygromia cinctella, known commonly as the girdled snail, is a small European species of air-breathing land snail, belonging to the terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk subfamily Hygromiinae of the family Hygromiidae. It is native to the Mediterranean region and was described by the French macacolgist Jacques Draparnaud in 1801. It is now found in central and northern Europe.

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