Helicopsis lunulata

Helicopsis lunulata is a species of air-breathing land snail, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusc in the family Geomitridae from Eastern Europe.

Helicopsis lunulata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
Subclass:
Heterobranchia
Superorder:
Eupulmonata
Order:
Stylommatophora
Suborder:
Helicina
Superfamily:
Helicoidea
Family:
Geomitridae
Subfamily:
Helicellinae
Tribe:
Helicopsini
Genus:
Helicopsis
Species:
H. lunulata
Binomial name
Helicopsis lunulata
(Krynicki, 1833)[1]
Synonyms

Helix instabilis Rossmässler, 1838

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]

Helicopsis cereoflava (Bielz, 1851) from Romania is probably a synonym of this species.[2]

Distribution

This species occurs in following countries:[2]

References
  1. 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.
  2. 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.
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