Helix straminea is a species of large, air-breathing land snail native to North Macedonia, Albania and Italy.[1][2][3]

Helix straminea
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Heterobranchia
Order: Stylommatophora
Family: Helicidae
Tribe: Helicini
Genus: Helix
Subgenus: Helix
Species:
H. straminea
Binomial name
Helix straminea
Briganti 1825
Synonyms
  • Helix (Helix) straminea Briganti, 1825 · alternate representation
  • Helix lucorum var. annosa Mascarini, 1892 (junior synonym)
  • Helix lucorum var. candida Mascarini, 1892 (junior synonym)
  • Helix straminea var. elongata Bourguignat, 1860 (invalid: junior homonym of H....)
  • Helix straminiformis Bourguignat, 1876 (junior synonym)
  • Helix yleobia Bourguignat, 1883 (junior synonym)

It is closely related to Helix vladika, but it is similar to some colour forms of H. lucorum, with which it used to be confused.[4]

References edit

  1. ^ Petraccioli, A.; Niero, I.; Carandente, F.; Crovato, P.; de VICO, G.; Odierna, G.; Picariello, O. L. A.; Tardy, E.; Viglietti, S.; Guarino, F. M.; Maio, N. (2021-01-01). "Helix straminea Briganti, 1825 in Italy (Gastropoda: Pulmonata): taxonomic history, morphology, biology, distribution and phylogeny". The European Zoological Journal. 88 (1): 390–416. doi:10.1080/24750263.2021.1892217. ISSN 2475-0263.
  2. ^ Korábek, Ondřej; Juřičková, Lucie; Petrusek, Adam (2021-12-31). "Diversity of Land Snail Tribe Helicini (Gastropoda: Stylommatophora: Helicidae): Where Do We Stand after 20 Years of Sequencing Mitochondrial Markers?". Diversity. 14 (1): 24. doi:10.3390/d14010024. ISSN 1424-2818.
  3. ^ MolluscaBase eds. (2023). MolluscaBase. Helix straminea Briganti, 1825. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1050290 on 2023-08-22
  4. ^ Korábek, Ondřej; Juřičková, Lucie; Petrusek, Adam (2014). "Resurrecting Helix straminea , a forgotten escargot with trans-Adriatic distribution: first insights into the genetic variation within the genus Helix (Gastropoda: Pulmonata)". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 171 (1): 72–91. doi:10.1111/zoj.12122. S2CID 82751112.
  • Bank, R. A.; Neubert, E. (2017). Checklist of the land and freshwater Gastropoda of Europe. Last update: July 16, 2017