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Otala
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 725
- With media
- 87
- Family
- Helicidae
- Collections
- RBINS-SCIENTIFIC HERITAGE
- Recorded in
- Algeria, Morocco, Spain, France, Italy, Uruguay, Portugal
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Encyclopedic overview
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Otala is a genus of land snails in the subfamily Helicinae of the family Helicidae.
Archaeological evidence in Morocco indicates the exploitation of O. lactea by ancient Romans as a food source.
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