Gazelle : The Palestinian Biological Bulletin (ISSN 0178 – 6288) . Number 126, June 2015, pp. 1-16. | Page 11

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Helix lucorum (Linnaeus, 1758)
Helix texta (Mousson, 1861)
Helix aspersa (O. F. Müller, 1774) - Cornu aspersum
megalostomum (Bourguignat, 1864) - non-indigenous
Levantina spiriplana - Levantina spiriplana caesareana, Levantina spiriplana
hierosolyma (Mousson, 1854) - native
Theba pisana (Müller, 1774) – native (after Wikipedia).

Helix lucorum (Linnaeus, 1758).
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helix_lucorum#mediaviewer/File:Helix_lucorum_2.jpg

Non-indigenous land Gastropods in Palestine (according to Roll,
Dayan, Simberloff and Mienis, 2008/2009):
Novisuccinea hortensis (Reinhardt, 1877). Family Succineidae.
Novisuccinea ovalis (Say, 1817). Family Succineidae.
Gastrocopta cf pellucida (Pfeiffer, 1841). Family Chondrinidae.
Gastrocopta procera (Gould, 1840). Family Chondrinidae.
Vallonia costata (O. F. Müller, 1774). Family Valloniidae.
Vallonia excentrica (Sterki, 1893). Family Valloniidae.
Gazelle : The Palestinian Biological Bulletin – Number 126 – June 2015