Helicopsis striata is a species of air-breathing land snail, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Geomitridae.
Helicopsis striata is the type species of the genus Helicopsis.
Subspecies
Until 2018 there where three subspecies within this species and they included:
Since 2018 H. austriaca and H. hungarica are listed as separate species.
Distribution
This species occurs in Central Europe only, 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).
References
- Bank, R. A.; Neubert, E. (2017). Checklist of the land and freshwater Gastropoda of Europe. Last update: July 16, 2017
- Hausdorf, B. (1990). Zur Kenntnis einiger Arten der Gattung Helicopsis Fitzinger aus Griechenland und der Türkei (Gastropoda: Hygromiidae). Archiv für Molluskenkunde, 120 (1/3) [1989]: 57âÂÂ71. Frankfurt am Main
- Sysoev, A. V. & Schileyko, A. A. (2009). Land snails and slugs of Russia and adjacent countries. Sofia/Moskva (Pensoft). 312 pp., 142 plates
External links
- Müller, O. F. (1774). Vermium terrestrium et fluviatilium, seu animalium infusorium, Helminthicorum, et testaceorum, non marinorum, succincta historia. vol 2: I-XXXVI, 1-214, 10 unnumbered pages. Havniae et Lipsiae, apud Heineck et Faber, ex officina Molleriana.
- Working group Alpine land snails: Small heath snails â major questions: Initial attempts to clarify the situation of Helicopsis striata in Austria