Helicostyla nobilis is a species of medium-sized, air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Camaenidae.[1] [2]

Helicostyla nobilis
Shell of Helicostyla nobilis from Guimaras, (Philippines), on display at the Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Milano
Scientific classification
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clade Heterobranchia

clade Euthyneura
clade Panpulmonata
clade Eupulmonata
clade Stylommatophora

informal group Sigmurethra
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H. nobilis
Binomial name
Helicostyla nobilis
(Reeve, 1848)
Synonyms
  • Bulimus nobilis Reeve, 1848
  • Cochlostyla (Dryocochlias) nobilis (Reeve, 1848) (superseded combination)

This species can be found in the Philippines.[3] Shells can reach a length of about 60 millimetres (2.4 in).

References

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  1. ^ Biolib
  2. ^ MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Cochlostyla nobilis (Reeve, 1848). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1415481 on 2021-02-03
  3. ^ Discover Life
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