Otala lactea

TaxID: 225486

Basic Information

Otala lactea

Milk Snail, Milk snail

Otala lactea, known as the milk snail or Spanish snail, is a large, edible species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk, in the family Helicidae, the typical snails. Archaeological recovery at the Ancient Roman site of Volubilis, in Morocco, illustrates prehistoric exploitation of O. lactea by humans.

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Taxonomic Information

Eukaryota

Mollusca

Gastropoda

Stylommatophora

Helicidae

Otala

lactea

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Photos (5 photos)

Otala lactea
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(c) Gena Bentall@BY-NC
Otala lactea
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(c) Bryan@BY-NC
Otala lactea
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(c) nature-ken@BY-NC
Otala lactea
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(c) Manuel CABALLER@BY
Otala lactea
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(c) Gena Bentall@BY-NC

Morphological Features

No morphological description available.

Host Plants (3 host plants)

Data sources: EPPO Global Database and relevant literature.

Scientific Name Status
Brassicaceae Host
Citrus Host
Lactuca sativa Host

Quarantine Status (7 records)

Data sources: IPPC website and national quarantine websites; verified by human review.

Country Status Year Added
China Quarantine pests 2021
Indonesia Absent —
Israel Quarantine pest 2009
Republic of Korea Quarantine pests —
Mexico Quarantine pests 2018
Panama Quarantine pests —
United States of America Quarantine pests —

Distribution (18 countries)

Data Sources: EPPO Global Database and GBIF.

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Present
0
Absent
0
Unknown/Other
Country Status State
Algeria Present —
Argentina Present —
Belgium Present —
Bermuda Present —
Brazil Present —
Germany Present —
Egypt Present —
Spain Present —
France Present —
United Kingdom Present —
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Distribution Map (Latitude and longitude coordinates sourced from GBIF.)

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Genomes (0 records)

Data source: NCBI.

No genome records available.

Transcriptomes (0 records)

Data source: NCBI.

No transcriptome records available.

DNA Barcodes (0 records)

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Data source: BOLD.

No DNA barcode records available.

Literature