Escargot de Quimper
| Escargot de Quimper | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Order: | Stylommatophora |
| Family: | Elonidae |
| Subfamily: | Eloninae |
| Genus: | Elona H. Adams & A. Adams, 1855 |
| Species: | E. quimperiana |
| Binomial name | |
| Elona quimperiana (Férussac, 1821) | |
| Synonyms | |
|
Helix quimperiana Férussac, 1821 | |
Elona quimperiana, common name the escargot de Quimper ("Quimper snail"), is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Elonidae.
Elona is a monotypic genus, i.e. it contains only one species, Elona quimperiana. The specific name comes from the city of Quimper in Brittany, France.
This snail is mentioned in annexes II and IV of the Habitats Directive.