Helix vladika

Helix vladika
Conservation status
	; Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Order:	Stylommatophora
Family:	Helicidae
Subfamily:	Helicinae
Tribe:	Helicini
Genus:	Helix
Species:	H. vladika
Binomial name
	Helix vladika; (Kobelt, 1898)
Synonyms
	Helix (Helicogena) wohlberedti Kobelt, 1905 (junior synonym); Helix (Helicogena) wohlberedti var. poljensis Kobelt, 1905 (junior synonym); Helix (Helix) vladica (Kobelt, 1898) alternate representation; Helix secernenda var. insignis Brancsik, 1890 (invalid: junior homonym of H. insignis Zieten, 183); Helix vladica pomatiaeformis Kobelt, 1905 (junior synonym); Pomatia vladica Kobelt, 1898 (original combination);

Helix vladika is a species of large, air-breathing land snail native to Montenegro and Serbia. It has a brown, conical shell. It is the largest land snail species in Europe. Typical habitat are beech forests. The species is closely related to Helix straminea.^[1]

References

^ Korábek, Ondřej; Juřičková, Lucie; Petrusek, Adam (2021-12-31). "Diversity of Land Snail Tribe Helicini (Gastropoda: Stylommatophora: Helicidae): Where Do We Stand after 20 Years of Sequencing Mitochondrial Markers?". Diversity. 14 (1): 24. doi:10.3390/d14010024. ISSN 1424-2818.

Neubert, E. (2014). Revision of Helix Linnaeus, 1758 in its eastern Mediterranean distribution area, and reassignment of Helix godetiana Kobelt, 1878 to Maltzanella Hesse, 1917 (Gastropoda, Pulmonata, Helicidae). Contributions to Natural History, 26: 1–200. Bern
Bank, R. A.; Neubert, E. (2017). Checklist of the land and freshwater Gastropoda of Europe. Last update: July 16, 2017

External links

Kobelt, W. (1898). Neue Helix-Arten aus Montenegro. Nachrichtsblatt der Deutschen malakozoologischen Gesellschaft, 30 (11/12): 161-165. Frankfurt am Main

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[1] Korábek, Ondřej; Juřičková, Lucie; Petrusek, Adam (2021-12-31). "Diversity of Land Snail Tribe Helicini (Gastropoda: Stylommatophora: Helicidae): Where Do We Stand after 20 Years of Sequencing Mitochondrial Markers?". Diversity. 14 (1): 24. doi:10.3390/d14010024. ISSN 1424-2818.

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