Helix goderdziana
Helix goderdziana is a species of large air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Helicidae, the typical snail.
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| (unranked): | clade Heterobranchia clade Euthyneura clade Panpulmonata clade Eupulmonata clade Stylommatophora informal group Sigmurethra |
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| Species: | H. goderdziana |
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| Helix goderdziana Mumladze, Tarkhnishvili & Pokryszko, 2008[1] | |
This is the largest species in the genus Helix.[1]
Distribution
This species occurs in the Lesser Caucasus in southwestern Georgia[1]
Biotope
This snail lives in humid mountain forests.[1]
References
- Mumladze L., Tarkhnishvili D. & Pokryszko B.M. 2008. A new species of the genus Helix from the Lesser Caucasus (sw Georgia). Journal of Conchology, volume: 39, part 5, page 483, published June 2008. abstract
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