Helicopsis filimargo

Helicopsis filimargo
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Order:	Stylommatophora
Superfamily:	Helicoidea
Family:	Geomitridae
Genus:	Helicopsis
Species:	H. filimargo
Binomial name
	Helicopsis filimargo; (Krynicki, 1833)
Synonyms
	List Helicella (Jacosta) gireiorum Lindholm, 1926 · (junior synonym); Helicella (Jacosta) lantzi Lindholm, 1926 · (a junior synonym); Helicella paul-hessei Lindholm, 1936 · (original combination); Helicopsis arenosa (Krynicki, 1836); Helicopsis filimargo arenosa (Krynicki, 1836) · (superseded subspecific combination); Helicopsis filimargo filimargo (Krynicki, 1833) · (superseded subspecific combination); Helicopsis luganica Gural-Sverlova, 2010 · (junior synonym); Helicopsis martynovi Gural-Sverlova, 2010 · (junior synonym); Helicopsis paulhessei (Lindholm, 1936) · (junior synonym); Helicopsis retowskii (Clessin, 1883) · (junior synonym); Helicopsis subfilimargo Gural-Sverlova, 2010 · (junior synonym); Helix arenosa Krynicki, 1836 · (junior synonym); Helix dejecta Rossmässler, 1838 · (junior synonym); Helix retowskii Clessin, 1883 · (original combination);

Helicopsis filimargo is a species of air-breathing land snail, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusc in the family Geomitridae^[2] from eastern Europe.

Taxonomy

This species is extremely variable and many forms, especially from Crimea, were treated as separate species before a revision using methods of molecular taxonomy was carried out.^[3]

Distribution

This species occurs in southern and eastern Ukraine and in the adjacent regions of Russia. Most numerous and diverse populations are in the Crimean Mountains. All reports of H. filimargo outside those regions were referring to various other species of Geomitridae.^[3]

References

^ Krynicki, J. 1833. Novae species aut minus cognitae e chondri, bulimi, peristomae helicisque generibus praecipue Rossiae meridionalis. Bulletin de la Société Impériale des Naturalistes de Moscou 6: 391-436.
^ MolluscaBase eds. (2022). MolluscaBase. * Helicopsis filimargo (Krynicki, 1833). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1002382 on 2022-08-01
^ ^a ^b Balashov, Igor; Neiber, Marco; Hausdorf, Bernhard (December 2020). "Phylogeny, species delimitation and population structure of the steppe-inhabiting land snail genus * Helicopsis in Eastern Europe". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society: 1–18. doi:10.1093/zoolinnean/zlaa156.

[1] Krynicki, J. 1833. Novae species aut minus cognitae e chondri, bulimi, peristomae helicisque generibus praecipue Rossiae meridionalis. Bulletin de la Société Impériale des Naturalistes de Moscou 6: 391-436.

[WoRMS-2] MolluscaBase eds. (2022). MolluscaBase. * Helicopsis filimargo (Krynicki, 1833). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1002382 on 2022-08-01

[Balashov-3] Balashov, Igor; Neiber, Marco; Hausdorf, Bernhard (December 2020). "Phylogeny, species delimitation and population structure of the steppe-inhabiting land snail genus * Helicopsis in Eastern Europe". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society: 1–18. doi:10.1093/zoolinnean/zlaa156.

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