Kingdom Animalia Class Gastropoda Family Helicidae Rank Species | Phylum Mollusca Order Stylommatophora Genus Chilostoma | |
Similar Chilostoma cingulatum, Chilostoma, Causa holosericea, Cylindrus obtusus, Chilostoma planospira | ||
Chilostoma achates is a species of medium-sized, air-breathing, land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Helicidae, the true snails. IUCN has defined the snail as Near threatened, due to the development of tourism.
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