Helix ligata

Helix ligata is a species of large, air-breathing land snail native to central and southern Italy.

Helix ligata
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
Synonyms
Helix (Helix) ligata O. F. Müller, 1774 · alternate representation Pomatia ligata (O. F. Müller, 1774)

Taxonomy

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]

• Helix ligata
• Helix pomatella
• Helix miletti
• Helix gussoneana
• Helix calabrica