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title: "Decollate Snail"
description: "Rumina decollata — Outros animais. The decollate snail (Rumina decollata) is a medium-sized predatory land snail, a species of terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Achatinidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pt/animal/decollate-snail
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Decollate Snail

> Rumina decollata — Outros animais. The decollate snail (Rumina decollata) is a medium-sized predatory land snail, a species of terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Achatinidae.

- Scientific name: *Rumina decollata*
- Category: `other` (Outros animais)
- Habitats: unknown
- iNaturalist observations: 23067
- Wikidata: [Q834936](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q834936)
- iNaturalist taxon: [125669](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/125669)

## Names

- en: Decollate Snail
- de: Stumpfschnecke
- es: Caracol Degollado Europeo
- fr: Bulime tronqué

## Countries with the most observations

US (11840), ES (2788), MX (2322), PT (1338), FR (1256), IT (1133), AR (607), DZ (243), BR (163), MA (95), MT (84), HR (83)

## Summary

The decollate snail (Rumina decollata) is a medium-sized predatory land snail, a species of terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Achatinidae. It originated in the Mediterranean but has been introduced in a number of areas worldwide. It was recently found to represent a species complex.

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

## Photo

![Decollate Snail](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/decollate-snail/medium.jpg)

Photo: Adam Kranz · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/163005355

## Machine access

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