Helix ligata is a species of large, air-breathing land snail native to central and southern Italy.
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 16, 2017