Helicopsis striata

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Helicopsis striata
Drawing of apical, apertural and umbilical view of a shell of Helicopsis striata
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Heterobranchia
clade Euthyneura
clade Panpulmonata
cladeEupulmonata
clade Stylommatophora
informal group Sigmurethra
Superfamily: Helicoidea
Family: Hygromiidae
Subfamily: Hygromiinae
Tribe: Trochulini
Genus: Helicopsis
Species: H. striata
Binomial name
Helicopsis striata
(O. F. Müller, 1774)
Synonyms[1]

Helix muehlfeldtiana Rossmässler, 1837

Helicopsis striata is a species of air-breathing land snail, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Hygromiidae, the hairy snails and their allies.

Helicopsis striata is the type species of the genus Helicopsis.[2]

Subspecies

There are three subspecies within this species and they include:

  • Helicopsis striata austriaca[1] - this subspecies is mentioned in annex II of Habitats Directive.
  • Helicopsis striata hungarica[1]
  • Helicopsis striata striata[1]

Distribution

This species occurs in

  • The Czech Republic - Bohemia, locally extinct in Moravia
  • Slovakia
  • Austria - main distribution in Steinfeld, Lower Austria; (subsp. austriaca)
  • Ukraine[3]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 von Proschwitz T. & Neubert E. (2011). "Helicopsis striata". In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 11 June 2012.
  2. "Species in genus Helicopsis". AnimalBase, accessed 11 June 2012.
  3. Balashov I. & Gural-Sverlova N. 2012. An annotated checklist of the terrestrial molluscs of Ukraine. Journal of Conchology. 41 (1): 91-109.
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