Helix nucula
| Helix nucula | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Order: | Stylommatophora |
| Family: | Helicidae |
| Genus: | Helix |
| Species: | H. nucula
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| Helix nucula | |
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Helix nucula is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Helicidae, the typical snails. It has a rounded shell with white aperture margins; it differs from the similar Helix figulina by fine spiral grooves on the upper shell surface.[3] Previously, the name H. nucula was used also for Helix pronuba, an unrelated species occurring in North Africa and on Crete, creating some confusion in the literature.[4]
Distribution
[edit | edit source]This land snail inhabits areas near the south and west coasts of Turkey as well as eastern Aegean Islands of Greece.[5] However, its native range is probably mainly Lebanon, Syria and Cyprus.[6]
Taxonomy
[edit | edit source]Helix pachya from Lebanon and Syria is not a distinct lineage in the analysed mitochondrial data, and is probably synonymous with H. nucula.[6]
References
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- ^ Mousson A. (1854). "Coquilles terrestres et fluviatiles, recueillies par M. le Prof. Bellardi dans un voyage en Orient". Mittheilungen der Naturforschenden Gesellschaft in Zürich 3(8): 362-402, page 367.
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- ^ IUCN Red List, Distribution map of Helix nucula.
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