Helix ligata | |
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Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Heterobranchia |
Order: | Stylommatophora |
Family: | Helicidae |
Subfamily: | Helicinae |
Tribe: | Helicini |
Genus: | Helix |
Species: | H. ligata
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Binomial name | |
Helix ligata Müller, 1774
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Helix ligata is a species of large, air-breathing land snail native to central and southern Italy.
Helix ligata is one of closely related species in a group that diversified in the Apennines. The group still waits for a formal taxonomic revision; the most recent taxonomy proposed based on mitochondrial phylogeny presumed that there are at least five species: [1]