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
  • Bank, R. A.; Neubert, E. (2017). Checklist of the land and freshwater Gastropoda of Europe. Last update: July 16, 2017

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