Helicopsis striata

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
Drawing of apical, apertural and umbilical view of a shell of Helicopsis striata

Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
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
Synonyms[1]

Helix muehlfeldtiana Rossmässler, 1837

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

Subspecies

Until 2018 there where three subspecies within this species and they included:

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

Since 2018 H. austriaca and H. hungarica are listed as separate species.[3][4] [5]

Distribution

This species occurs in

  • The Czech Republic - Bohemia, locally extinct in Moravia
  • Slovakia
  • Austria - main distribution in Steinfeld, Lower Austria; (subsp. austriaca)
  • Ukraine[6]

For further countries see Fauna Europaea

References
  1. 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. Duda M. , Haring E., Bieringer G., Eschner A., Mrkvicka A. & Mason K. (2018). "Taxonomic reassessment of Helicopsis austriaca Gittenberger, 1969 and its relationships to H. striata (O.F. Müller, 1774) and H. hungarica (Soos & H. Wagner, 1935) (Eupulmonata: Helicoidea)". Journal of Molluscan Studies 84: 432-450. doi:10.1093/mollus/eyy044
  4. Helicopsis austriaca on WoRMS
  5. Helicopsis hungarica on WoRMS
  6. Balashov I. & Gural-Sverlova N. 2012. An annotated checklist of the terrestrial molluscs of Ukraine. Journal of Conchology. 41 (1): 91-109.

Working group Alpine land snails: Small heath snails – major questions: Initial attempts to clarify the situation of Helicopsis striata in Austria


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