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Post by Charlotte 🐌 on Mar 31, 2019 1:06:58 GMT
I’ve always wondered what the difference between helix aspersa and muller is, they look the same. Anyone know?
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Post by Liguus on Mar 31, 2019 3:43:30 GMT
They are the same snail.
In binomial nomenclature you have the genus & species names listed, but also often the taxonomist who gave them their classification (name) and sometimes the year (to note when that name was first used). The full description is "Helix aspersa Müller 1774" , Muller being the name of the researcher who gave them this name in 1774. All living things have these designations, often times they are just not listed and only the genus and species names are used. i.e Canis Lupus Linnaeus 1758. I don't know why people started attaching the taxonomist name to this snail but it's lead to a fair amount of confusion. Also currently it's no longer in the Helix genus anyways so the correct name is Cornu aspersum.
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