Helix pronuba

Helix pronuba
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Order:	Stylommatophora
Family:	Helicidae
Subfamily:	Helicinae
Tribe:	Helicini
Genus:	Helix
Species:	H. pronuba
Binomial name
	Helix pronuba; Westerlund & Blanc, 1879
Synonyms
	Helix (Helicogena) grothei Kobelt, 1905 (junior synonym); Helix (Helicogena) rueppelli Kobelt, 1904 (junior synonym); Helix (Helix) pronuba Westerlund, 1879 · alternate representation; Helix thiesseana var. nupta Westerlund, 1879 (junior synonym); Helix thiesseana var. pronuba Westerlund, 1879 (basionym);

Helix pronuba is a species of large, air-breathing land snail in the subfamily Helicinae of the family Helicidae.

Distribution

It is native to Tunisia, Libya and Egypt and introduced to Crete and Greece.

Description

It is characterized by a shell relatively small for the genus with dark brown margins of the shell aperture. In the local language of Crete these snails are sometimes called "barbarésos" or "bárbaros", which might suggest their origin in Barbaria (North Africa).

References

↑ MolluscaBase eds. (2023). MolluscaBase. Helix pronuba Westerlund, 1879. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1050287 on 2023-05-18
↑ Neubert, Eike (2014). "Revision of Helix Linnaeus, 1758 in its eastern Mediterranean distribution area, and reassignment of Helix godetiana Kobelt, 1878 to Maltzanella Hesse, 1917 (Gastropoda, Pulmonata, Helicidae)". Contributions to Natural History. 26: 1–200.
↑ AnimalBase :: Helix nucula

Westerlund, C. A. &. Blanc, H. (1879). Aperçu sur la faune malacologique de la Grèce inclus l'Epire et la Thessalie. Coquilles extramarines. 161 pp. + errata (1 pp.), pl. 1-4
Bank, R. A.; Neubert, E. (2017). Checklist of the land and freshwater Gastropoda of Europe. Last update: July 16, 2017
Neubert, E. (2014). Revision of Helix Linnaeus, 1758 in its eastern Mediterranean distribution area, and reassignment of Helix godetiana Kobelt, 1878 to Maltzanella Hesse, 1917 (Gastropoda, Pulmonata, Helicidae). Contributions to Natural History, 26: 1–200. Bern

[WoRMS-1] MolluscaBase eds. (2023). MolluscaBase. Helix pronuba Westerlund, 1879. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1050287 on 2023-05-18

[:1-2] Neubert, Eike (2014). "Revision of Helix Linnaeus, 1758 in its eastern Mediterranean distribution area, and reassignment of Helix godetiana Kobelt, 1878 to Maltzanella Hesse, 1917 (Gastropoda, Pulmonata, Helicidae)". Contributions to Natural History. 26: 1–200.

[:2-3] AnimalBase :: Helix nucula