Helix ligata
Helix ligata is a species of large, air-breathing land snail native to central and southern Italy.
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Heterobranchia |
| Order: | Stylommatophora |
| Family: | Helicidae |
| Subfamily: | Helicinae |
| Tribe: | Helicini |
| Genus: | Helix |
| Species: | H. ligata |
| Binomial name | |
| Helix ligata Müller, 1774 | |
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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 16th, 2017
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