Pear snail

As Birnschnecke or pears screw a number of is screw referred to, the housing, more or less a bulb similar.

As pears snails are called:

• the pigeon snails (Columbellidae)
• the fig snails (Ficidae)
  • the sea fig or Spanish fig, Ficus ficus ( Linnaeus 1758, Basionym Murex ficus )
• the genus Volema in the family Melongenidae (crown snails and pear snails)

As Birnschnecke are or were also called:

• Turbinellidae family:
  • the real pear snail , Turbinella pyrum (Linnaeus 1767, Basionym Voluta pyrum )
• Family snails, Muricidae:
  • the barred spiny snail , Boreotrophon clathratus (Linnaeus 1767, Basionym Pyrum clathratum , later Trophon clathratus , in Martini : the white knitted pear with serrated spindle)
• Triton snail family, Ranellidae:
  • the triangular kinkhorn or foot horn, Cymatium femorale (Linnaeus 1758, Basionym Murex femorale , in Martini: the dried or dry pear, the triangular dried pear, the foot horn)
  • the pear conch , Ranularia pyrum (Linnaeus 1758, Basionym Murex Pyrum , later Cymatium pyrum , in Martini: the dried pear with hair, the rock snail , the lion's head, in Röding : the dried pear)
• Horn snails family, Buccinidae:
  • the lightning snail or left-wound pear snail , Busycon perversum (Linnaeus 1758, Basionym Murex perversus , also Busycon contrarium )

This is a disambiguation page for differentiating between several terms identified with the same word.