Helicopsis striata

Helicopsis striata
Drawing of apical, apertural and umbilical view of a shell of Helicopsis striata
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Heterobranchia clade Euthyneura clade Panpulmonata cladeEupulmonata clade Stylommatophora informal group Sigmurethra
Superfamily:	Helicoidea
Family:	Hygromiidae
Subfamily:	Hygromiinae
Tribe:	Trochulini
Genus:	Helicopsis
Species:	H. striata
Binomial name
Helicopsis striata (O. F. Müller, 1774)
Synonyms[1]
Helix muehlfeldtiana Rossmässler, 1837

Helicopsis striata is a species of air-breathing land snail, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Hygromiidae, the hairy snails and their allies.

Helicopsis striata is the type species of the genus Helicopsis.^[2]

Subspecies

There are three subspecies within this species and they include:

• Helicopsis striata austriaca^[1] - this subspecies is mentioned in annex II of Habitats Directive.
• Helicopsis striata hungarica^[1]
• Helicopsis striata striata^[1]

Distribution

This species occurs in

• The Czech Republic - Bohemia, locally extinct in Moravia
• Slovakia
• Austria - main distribution in Steinfeld, Lower Austria; (subsp. austriaca)
• Ukraine^[3]

For further countries see Fauna Europaea

References

1. von Proschwitz T. & Neubert E. (2011). "Helicopsis striata". In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 11 June 2012.
2. "Species in genus Helicopsis". AnimalBase, accessed 11 June 2012.
3. Balashov I. & Gural-Sverlova N. 2012. An annotated checklist of the terrestrial molluscs of Ukraine. Journal of Conchology. 41 (1): 91-109.