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Cyclophorus aurantiacus

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Cyclophorus aurantiacus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Architaenioglossa
Superfamily: Cyclophoroidea
Family: Cyclophoridae
Genus: Cyclophorus
Species:
C. aurantiacus
Binomial name
Cyclophorus aurantiacus
(Schumacher, 1817)

Cyclophorus aurantiacus is a species of gastropod belonging to the family Cyclophoridae.[1]

The species is found in Southeastern Asia.[1] In Thailand, this type of land snail called Hoi hom (Thai: หอยหอม, "fragrant snail") what with they have a fragrant smell when cooked as food, and on that account, they are cooked and eaten as local food in some provinces such as Nakhon Nayok.[2]

Subspecies:

  • Cyclophorus aurantiacus pernobilis (Gould, 1843)[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b c "Cyclophorus aurantiacus (Schumacher, 1817)". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 26 October 2021.
  2. ^ "อิ่มมนต์รส : "หอยหอม" ของดีหน้าฝน บ้านวังรี นครนายก". Thai PBS (in Thai). 2024-11-20. Retrieved 2022-07-08.