''Cornu'' is a genus of
land snail
A land snail is any of the numerous species of snail that live on land, as opposed to the sea snails and freshwater snails. ''Land snail'' is the common name for terrestrial molluscs, terrestrial gastropod mollusks that have gastropod shell, shel ...
s in the
family
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Helicidae
Helicidae is a large, diverse family of western Palaearctic, medium to large-sized, air-breathing land snails, sometimes called the "typical snails." It includes some of the largest European land snails, several species are common in anthropoge ...
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Species
Species in this genus include, as of 2025:
* ''
Cornu aspersum
''Cornu aspersum'' (syn. ''Helix aspersa'', ''Cryptomphalus aspersus''), known by the common name garden snail, is a species of land snail in the family Helicidae, which includes some of the most familiar land snails. Of all terrestrial molluscs, ...
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(O. F. Müller, 1774)
* ''
Cornu cephalaeditana''
(Giannuzzi-Savelli, Sparacio & Oliva, 1986)
* ''
Cornu cretense''
Hausdorf, Bamberger & Walther, 2020
* ''
Cornu insolida''
(Monterosato, 1892)
* ''
Cornu mazzullii''
(De Cristofori & Jan, 1832)
References
Helicidae
Taxa described in 1778
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