Helix ligata

Helix ligata
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Order:	Stylommatophora
Family:	Helicidae
Subfamily:	Helicinae
Tribe:	Helicini
Genus:	Helix
Species:	H. ligata
Binomial name
	Helix ligata; Müller, 1774
Synonyms
	Helix (Helix) ligata O. F. Müller, 1774 · alternate representation; Pomatia ligata (O. F. Müller, 1774);

Helix ligata is a species of large, air-breathing land snail native to central and southern Italy.

Taxonomy

Helix ligata is one of closely related species in a group that diversified in the Apennines. The group still waits for a formal taxonomic revision; the most recent taxonomy proposed based on mitochondrial phylogeny presumed that there are at least five species:^[1]

Helix ligata
Helix pomatella
Helix miletti
Helix gussoneana
Helix calabrica

References

^ Fiorentino, V.; Manganelli, G.; Giusti, F.; Ketmaier, V. (2016-05-01). "Recent expansion and relic survival: Phylogeography of the land snail genus Helix (Mollusca, Gastropoda) from south to north Europe". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 98: 358–372. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2016.02.017. ISSN 1055-7903.

Bank, R. A.; Neubert, E. (2017). Checklist of the land and freshwater Gastropoda of Europe. Last update: July 16, 2017

External links

Müller, O. F. (1774). Vermium terrestrium et fluviatilium, seu animalium infusorium, Helminthicorum, et testaceorum, non marinorum, succincta historia. vol 2: I-XXXVI, 1-214, 10 unnumbered pages. Havniae et Lipsiae, apud Heineck et Faber, ex officina Molleriana

[1] Fiorentino, V.; Manganelli, G.; Giusti, F.; Ketmaier, V. (2016-05-01). "Recent expansion and relic survival: Phylogeography of the land snail genus Helix (Mollusca, Gastropoda) from south to north Europe". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 98: 358–372. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2016.02.017. ISSN 1055-7903.

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