Otala punctata

Otala punctata is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Helicidae.

Otala punctata
A live individual of Otala punctata
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:
Helicidae
Genus:
Otala
Species:
O. punctata
Binomial name
Otala punctata
(O. F. Müller, 1774)

Distribution

This species occurs in the Mediterranean basin - Andorra, Spain, the Balearic Islands, France, Corsica, Sardinia and Malta

This species is already established in the United States, and is considered to represent a potentially serious threat as a pest, an invasive species which could negatively affect agriculture, natural ecosystems, human health or commerce. Therefore it has been suggested that this species be given top national quarantine significance in the USA.[1]

Three views of the shell:

apical view
apertural view.
umbilical view

Culinary

They are prepared in a typical dish in South Spain, "cabrillas", cooked in spicy tomato sauce.

gollark: <@!336962240848855040> Observe: I have collected several thousand bad memes: https://datasets.osmarks.net/reddit-memes/images/
gollark: I use Wireguard for internal networking.
gollark: It's an overlay network with NAT hole punching and such.
gollark: Tailscale?
gollark: Java and (C)Python are bytecode interpreters. The critical stuff could probably fit into cache.

References
  1. Cowie R. H., Dillon R. T., Robinson D. G. & Smith J. W. (2009). "Alien non-marine snails and slugs of priority quarantine importance in the United States: A preliminary risk assessment". American Malacological Bulletin 27: 113-132. PDF Archived 2016-06-16 at the Wayback Machine.


This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.