Decollate snail

Rumina decollata
	A live individual of the decollate snail
Conservation status
	; Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
	; Secure (NatureServe)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Heterobranchia
Order:	Stylommatophora
Suborder:	Achatinina
Superfamily:	Achatinoidea
Family:	Achatinidae
Subfamily:	Rumininae
Genus:	Rumina
Species:	R. decollata
Binomial name
	Rumina decollata; (Linnaeus, 1758)
Synonyms
	Bulimus bavouxi Coquand, 1862 (junior subjective synonym); Bulimus decollatus Draparaud, 1805; Helix decollata Linnaeus, 1758; Orbitina incomparabilis (Germain, 1930); Orbitina truncatella (Germain, 1930); Rumina decollata cylindrica; Rumina paivae (Lowe, 1861); Stenogyra (Rumina) decollata (Linnaeus, 1758) (superseded combination); Stenogyra bavouxi (Coquand, 1862) (junior subjective synonym); Stenogyra decollata (Linnaeus, 1758) (unaccepted combination);

The decollate snail, scientific name Rumina decollata, is a medium-sized predatory land snail, a species of terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Achatinidae. It is a European species that has been introduced in a number of areas worldwide.

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