- Source: Helicopsis lunulata
Helicopsis lunulata is a species of air-breathing land snail, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusc in the family Geomitridae from Eastern Europe.
Taxonomy
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).
Helicopsis cereoflava (Bielz, 1851) from Romania is probably a synonym of this species.
Distribution
This species occurs in following countries:
Ukraine
Moldova
Romania
Russia
Poland (probably)
Germany (invasive, one colony)
References
External links
Rossmässler, E. A. (1838-1844). Iconographie der Land- & Süßwasser- Mollusken, mit vorzüglicher Berücksichtigung der europäischen noch nicht abgebildeten Arten
Clessin, S. (1879). Aus meiner Novitäten-Mappe. Malakozoologische Blätter. Neue Folge. 1: 3–16
