Helicopsis striata | |
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Shell of Helicopsis striata (specimen at MNHN, Paris) | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Order: | Stylommatophora |
Family: | Geomitridae |
Genus: | Helicopsis |
Species: | H. striata |
Binomial name | |
Helicopsis striata (O. F. Müller, 1774) | |
Synonyms [1] | |
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Helicopsis striata is a species of air-breathing land snail, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Geomitridae. [2]
Helicopsis striata is the type species of the genus Helicopsis. [3]
Until 2018 there where three subspecies within this species and they included:
Since 2018 H. austriaca and H. hungarica are listed as separate species. [4] [5] [6]
This species occurs in Central Europe only, [7] including:
Populations from Ukraine, Moldova, Romania and Russia that were previously considered to be H. striata are actually representing Helicopsis lunulata (Krynicki, 1833) or in some cases Helicopsis filimargo (Krynicki, 1833). [7]