Cyclophorus aurantiacus is a species of gastropod belonging to the family Cyclophoridae.[1]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Architaenioglossa |
| Superfamily: | Cyclophoroidea |
| Family: | Cyclophoridae |
| Genus: | Cyclophorus |
| Species: | C. aurantiacus
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| Binomial name | |
| Cyclophorus aurantiacus (Schumacher, 1817)
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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
edit- ^ a b c "Cyclophorus aurantiacus (Schumacher, 1817)". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 26 October 2021.
- ^ "อิ่มมนต์รส : "หอยหอม" ของดีหน้าฝน บ้านวังรี นครนายก". Thai PBS (in Thai). 2024-11-20. Retrieved 2022-07-08.
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