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Chilostoma achates

Chilostoma achates

Classification

Family
Helicidae

Chilostoma achates is a species of medium-sized, air-breathing, land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Helicidae, the true snails. IUCN has defined the snail as Near threatened, due to the development of tourism. The species inhabits high-altitude limestone environments in the eastern Alps, particularly in South Tyrol and the Carnic Alps of northern Italy, where it grows on damp rock faces and ledges maintained by seepage and snowmelt.

Distribution

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Countries in the Picchu catalog
Germany · 21Italy · 2Switzerland · 1