Kingdom Animalia Superfamily Helicoidea Subfamily Helicinae Phylum Mollusca Rank Species | Class Gastropoda Family Helicidae Tribe Helicini Genus Helix | |
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Similar Helix cincta, Helix, Helix figulina, Helix melanostoma | ||
Helix nucula is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Helicidae, the typical snails. According to the malacologist E. Neubert, the taxonomy of this species is rather complex; the species has been confused with Helix figulina, a related species.
Distribution
This land snail mainly inhabits areas near the south and west coasts of Turkey as well as the Aegean Islands of Greece. Although its range is mostly limited to areas of Turkey and Greece, in the local language of Crete these snails are sometimes called "barbarésos" or "bárbaros", which might suggest that they came from Barbaria (North Africa).
References
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