Helix ligata is a species of large, air-breathing land snail native to central and southern Italy.
Taxonomy Helix ligata is one of several 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:
Helix ligata Helix pomatella Helix miletti Helix gussoneana Helix calabrica
References
Bank, R. A.; Neubert, E. (2017). Checklist of the land and freshwater Gastropoda of Europe. Last update: July 16, 2017
External links
Müller, O. F. (1774). Vermium terrestrium et fluviatilium, seu animalium infusorium, Helminthicorum, et testaceorum, non marinorum, succincta historia. vol 2: I-XXXVI, 1-214, 10 unnumbered pages. Havniae et Lipsiae, apud Heineck et Faber, ex officina Molleriana