Helix pronuba

Helix pronuba is a species of large, air-breathing land snail in the subfamily Helicinae of the family Helicidae.

Distribution
It is native to Tunisia, Libya and Egypt and introduced to Crete and Greece.

Description
It is characterized by a shell relatively small for the genus with dark brown margins of the shell aperture. In the local language of Crete these snails are sometimes called "barbarésos" or "bárbaros", which might suggest their origin in Barbaria (North Africa).