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title: "Chocolate-band Snail"
description: "Eobania vermiculata — Altri animali. Eobania vermiculata also known as Helix vermiculata, common name the \"chocolate-band snail\", is a species of large, air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Helicidae, the true snails or typical snails."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/it/animal/chocolate-band-snail
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Chocolate-band Snail

> Eobania vermiculata — Altri animali. Eobania vermiculata also known as Helix vermiculata, common name the "chocolate-band snail", is a species of large, air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Helicidae, the true snails or typical snails.

- Scientific name: *Eobania vermiculata*
- Category: `other` (Altri animali)
- Habitats: unknown
- iNaturalist observations: 15164
- Wikidata: [Q939821](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q939821)
- iNaturalist taxon: [199875](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/199875)

## Names

- en: Chocolate-band Snail
- de: Divertikelschnecke
- es: Caracol de los fideos
- fr: Escargot mourguéta

## Countries with the most observations

IT (3698), FR (2261), ES (2149), GR (1749), TR (1297), HR (739), CY (449), UA (312), MT (232), ZA (206), AL (201), RU (145)

## Summary

Eobania vermiculata also known as Helix vermiculata, common name the "chocolate-band snail", is a species of large, air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Helicidae, the true snails or typical snails.
Eobania vermiculata is the type species of the genus Eobania.

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

## Photo

![Chocolate-band Snail](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/chocolate-band-snail/medium.jpg)

Photo: Federico Biguzzi · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/191312853

## Machine access

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