Thessalian snail
The Thessalian snail is a big land snail that carries a round shell on its back. It looks almost exactly like the Roman snail. It lives in the hills and valleys of southeastern and central Europe.
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Fun facts
It breathes air with a lung, just like other land snails.
For a long time scientists thought it was the same species as the Roman snail, because from the outside they look so alike.
The farthest south it lives is on two Greek mountains called Ossa and Pelion.
In Czechia it lives only in a small area, in the valleys of two rivers.
Most asked questions about Thessalian snail
?Where does the Thessalian snail live?
In southeastern and central Europe, from Greece and Bulgaria up to Slovakia, Czechia, Ukraine and Russia.
?Is the Thessalian snail the same as the Roman snail?
No. They look almost the same, but scientists now know they are two different species.
For bug experts
- Scientific name
- Helix thessalica
- Named by
- Boettger, 1886
- Group
- Snails, slugs and worms
- Family
- Helicidae
- Classification
- Gastropoda > Stylommatophora > Helicidae
- Lives on
- Europe
Where the facts come from
- Helix thessalica (Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0): what it looks like, where it lives, what it eats, sizes and fun facts, retold in simple words.
- Picture by Ondrej.korabek. CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons. The sticker of this bug is drawn from this picture.
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