Helicopsis lunulata is a species of air-breathing land snail, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusc in the family Geomitridae from Eastern Europe.[2]
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| Shell of Helicopsis lunulata (specimen at Naturalis Biodiversity Center) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Heterobranchia |
| Order: | Stylommatophora |
| Superfamily: | Helicoidea |
| Family: | Geomitridae |
| Genus: | Helicopsis |
| Species: | H. lunulata
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Taxonomy edit
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).[3]
Helicopsis cereoflava (Bielz, 1851) from Romania is probably a synonym of this species.[3]
Distribution edit
This species occurs in following countries:[3]
References edit
- ^ 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.
- ^ MolluscaBase eds. (2022). MolluscaBase. Helicopsis lunulata (Krynicki, 1833). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1472649 on 2022-08-01
- ^ a b c 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.
External links edit
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