Helix ligata
Species of land snail
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Helix ligata is a species of large, air-breathing land snail native to central and southern Italy.
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Order: | Stylommatophora |
| Family: | Helicidae |
| Subfamily: | Helicinae |
| Tribe: | Helicini |
| Genus: | Helix |
| Species: | H. ligata |
| Binomial name | |
| Helix ligata Müller, 1774 | |
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Taxonomy
Helix ligata is one of several 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]
- Helix ligata
- Helix pomatella
- Helix miletti
- Helix gussoneana
- Helix calabrica
