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title: "Eastern Heath Snail"
description: "Xerolenta obvia — Other animals. Xerolenta obvia is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial gastropod mollusk in the family Geomitridae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/animal/eastern-heath-snail
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Eastern Heath Snail

> Xerolenta obvia — Other animals. Xerolenta obvia is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial gastropod mollusk in the family Geomitridae.

- Scientific name: *Xerolenta obvia*
- Category: `other` (Other animals)
- Habitats: `grassland` (Fields & meadows)
- iNaturalist observations: 6546
- Wikidata: [Q1518689](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1518689)
- iNaturalist taxon: [233779](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/233779)

## Names

- en: Eastern Heath Snail
- de: Weiße Heideschnecke
- fr: Hélicelle plane
- pl: Ślimak przydrożny

## Countries with the most observations

AT (1065), DE (675), PL (657), HU (651), CZ (305), US (199), CA (189), RS (171), SK (168), UA (157), LT (86), RO (85)

## Summary

Xerolenta obvia is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial gastropod mollusk in the family Geomitridae.

Subspecies

Xerolenta obvia depulsa (L. Pintér, 1969)
Xerolenta obvia obvia (Menke, 1828)
Xerolenta obvia pappi (Schütt, 1962)
Xerolenta obvia razlogi (L. Pintér, 1969)

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xerolenta_obvia

## Photo

![Eastern Heath Snail](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/eastern-heath-snail/medium.jpg)

Photo: Sag Ich Nicht · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/94910595

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/eastern-heath-snail?lang=en` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).