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Basic information

Otala lactea

Milk snail

KingdomAnimalia
PhylumMolluscs
ClassGastropods
FamilyHelix Snails
GenusOtala
Czech name
Otala černoústá
English name
Milk snail
Alternative names
Milchige Schnecke, Milky snail, Schwarzmund-Feldschnecke, Spanish Edible Snail
Synonyms
Archelix ahmarina, Archelix ahmarina var. ibrahimi, Archelix ahmarina var. ksebiana, Archelix barbini, Archelix barbini var. coloria, Archelix barbini var. major, Archelix barbini var. persimilis, Archelix bleicheri, Archelix bleicheri var. minor, Archelix ceardi, Archelix connollyi, Archelix derenica, Archelix fauxnigra, Archelix fauxnigra var. unicolor-alba, Archelix freydieri, Archelix freydieri var. minor, Archelix freydieri var. unifasciata, Archelix gebiletana, Archelix gebiletana var. minor, Archelix huotiana, Archelix ibrahimi, Archelix liocephala, Archelix solignaci, Archelix sphaeromorpha, Archelix sphaeromorpha var. albicans, Archelix sphaeromorpha var. depressa, Archelix sphaeromorpha var. lineolata, Archelix sphaeromorpha var. minor, Archelix sphaeromorpha var. quinque-fasciata, Archelix sphaeromorpha var. subangulata, Helix ahmarina, Helix bleicheri, Helix ibrahimi, Helix jacquematana, Helix lactea, Helix lactea var. albescens, Helix lactea var. canariensis, Helix lactea var. maura, Helix lactea var. murcica, Helix plesiasteia, Helix senilis, Helix sphaeromorpha, Macularia riffensis, Otala (Otala) lactea, Otala (Otala) lactea lactea, Otala (Otala) lactea murcica, Otala lactea murcica
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Distribution and environment

Microhabitat
Ground, Terrestrial
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Size and appearance

Body mass
~4.9 g
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Information sources

Biological data sources
Catalogue of Life, eol traitbank