Helicopsis lunulata

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

Helicopsis lunulata
Shell of Helicopsis lunulata (specimen at Naturalis Biodiversity Center)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Heterobranchia
Order: Stylommatophora
Superfamily: Helicoidea
Family: Geomitridae
Genus: Helicopsis
Species:
H. lunulata
Binomial name
Helicopsis lunulata
(Krynicki, 1833)[1]
Synonyms
  • Helicopsis instabilis (Rossmässler, 1838) (junior synonym)
  • Helix instabilis Rossmässler, 1838
  • Helix instabilis var. bakowskyana Clessin, 1879 (suspected synonym)
  • Helix lunulata Krynicki, 1833 (original name)

Taxonomy

Before 2020 Helicopsis lunulata was considered to be a synonym of Helicopsis striata and most of its populations were assigned to the latter species, though some large forms were treated as a separate species Helicopsis instabilis (Rossmässler, 1838).[3]

Helicopsis cereoflava (Bielz, 1851) from Romania is probably a synonym of this species.[3]

Distribution
Distribution

This species occurs in following countries:[3]

References
  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.
  2. MolluscaBase eds. (2022). MolluscaBase. Helicopsis lunulata (Krynicki, 1833). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1472649 on 2022-08-01
  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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