---
title: "Globular Drop Snail"
description: "Helicina orbiculata — Other animals. Helicina orbiculata is a species of land snail with an operculum, a terrestrial gastropod mollusk in the family Helicinidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/animal/globular-drop-snail
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Globular Drop Snail

> Helicina orbiculata — Other animals. Helicina orbiculata is a species of land snail with an operculum, a terrestrial gastropod mollusk in the family Helicinidae.

- Scientific name: *Helicina orbiculata*
- Category: `other` (Other animals)
- Habitats: unknown
- iNaturalist observations: 8283
- Wikidata: [Q5705003](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5705003)
- iNaturalist taxon: [126257](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/126257)

## Names

- en: Globular Drop Snail

## Countries with the most observations

US (7307), MX (26)

## Summary

Helicina orbiculata is a species of land snail with an operculum, a terrestrial gastropod mollusk in the family Helicinidae.

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

## Photo

![Globular Drop Snail](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/globular-drop-snail/medium.jpg)

Photo: lanechaffin · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/210481079

## Machine access

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