Helicopsis lunulata
| Helicopsis lunulata | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Order: | Stylommatophora |
| Family: | Geomitridae |
| Genus: | Helicopsis |
| Species: | H. lunulata
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| Binomial name | |
| Helicopsis lunulata (Krynicki, 1833)[1]
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| Synonyms | |
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Helix instabilis Rossmässler, 1838 | |
Helicopsis lunulata is a species of air-breathing land snail, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusc in the family Geomitridae from Eastern Europe.
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).[2]
(Bielz, 1851) from Romania is probably a synonym of this species.[2]
Distribution[]
This species occurs in following countries:[2]
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.
- ^ a b c 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.
Categories:
- Geomitridae
- Molluscs described in 1833