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Helix borealis is a species of large, air-breathing land snail native to Greece and the south-west of Anatolia. It is characterized by brown to dark brown margins of the shell aperture. For decades, the species has been considered synonymous with Helix cincta.[1]



Helix borealis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Stylommatophora
Family: Helicidae
Genus: Helix
Species:
H. borealis
Binomial name
Helix borealis
Mousson, 1859 – animal

References

  1. ^ Korábek, Ondřej; Kosová, Tereza; Dolejš, Petr; Petrusek, Adam; Neubert, Eike; Juřičková, Lucie (2021-11-29). "Geographic isolation and human-assisted dispersal in land snails: a Mediterranean story of Helix borealis and its relatives (Gastropoda: Stylommatophora: Helicidae)". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 193 (4): 1310–1335. doi:10.1093/zoolinnean/zlaa186. ISSN 0024-4082.