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<emphasis id="B94FEA99B1705F25C9BCF5C39754FE10" bold="true" box="[461,604,439,463]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="2258">Helix nucula</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="EFAA4B7AB1705F25CA14F5CC961AFE10" author="Mousson A" box="[613,786,439,463]" pageId="1" pageNumber="2258" pagination="362 - 402" refId="ref3343" refString="Mousson A. 1854. Coquilles terrestres et fluviatiles, recueillies par M. Le Prof. Bellardi dans un voyage en Orient. Mitt naturf Ges Zurich. 3: 362 - 402." type="journal article" year="1854">Mousson, 1854</bibRefCitation>
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(
<figureCitation id="13002A0EB1705F25CA44F5A397A2FE30" box="[565,682,471,495]" captionStart="Figure 1" captionStartId="3.[144,211,1131,1153]" captionTargetBox="[144,1104,168,1099]" captionTargetId="figure@3.[144,1104,168,1099]" captionTargetPageId="3" captionText="Figure 1. (A) Helix nucula Mousson, 1854, syntype ZMZ 506381a, shell diameter 28.8 mm. (B) Helix melanostoma Draparnaud, 1801, syntype of Helix uthicensis Pechaud, 1883, ruins of Uthica, Tunisia, MHNG 18185, shell diameter 36.2 mm. (C), Helix cincta Müller, 1774, syntype of Helix (Pomatia) cincta var. anatolica Kobelt, 1891, Hieronda (southwest Turkey), SMF 9949, shell diameter 34.9 mm. (D) Helix pronuba Westerlund &amp; Blanc, 1879, syntype of Helix thiesseana var. pronuba Westerlund &amp; Blanc, 1879, GNM 1723, shell diameter 26.3 mm. (E) Helix borealis Mousson, 1859, possible syntype ZMZ 506307, Grecce, Argostoli, shell diameter 34.65 mm." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4000021" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/4000021/files/figure.png" pageId="1" pageNumber="2258">Figure 1A</figureCitation>
)
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<emphasis id="B94FEA99B1705F25C8E1F663943AFDF0" box="[144,306,535,559]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="2258">Helix figulina</emphasis>
var.
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, Mittheilungen der naturforschenden Gesellschaft in
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, 3 (8): 367, 372373 [
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(Bellardi); =
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] [non
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<emphasis id="B94FEA99B1705F25C8C1F6239437FDB0" box="[176,319,599,623]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="2258">Helix nucula</emphasis>
sensu L.
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].
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Type specimens:
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ZMZ 506381, ZMZ 506394.
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This name was introduced by Mousson for a white-lipped species from
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. The species is also known from a number of Aegean Islands, particularly from the Dodekanissos, and is widespread along the southern coast of
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, where it is usually recorded under the name of
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<emphasis id="B94FEA99B1705F25CA53F7439791FC91" box="[546,665,822,846]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="2258">H. figulina</emphasis>
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. This taxon was originally described in the genus
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and thus the taxon authority should be cited without brackets.
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In 1859, Louis Pfeiffer used the same name,
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<emphasis id="B94FEA99B1705F25CAE2F70297F3FC52" box="[659,763,885,909]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="2258">H. nucula</emphasis>
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, for a
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species from
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that he had received under this name from Ludwig Parreyss, an Austrian shell dealer, as shown by the wording Parreyss in sched. in his text. Pfeiffer was aware of Mousson s
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<emphasis id="B94FEA99B1705F25C8E1F7A195DEFC32" box="[144,214,981,1005]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="2258">nucula</emphasis>
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from 1854 as he listed it in his synonymy, but regarded Parreyss (the name supplier) as the author of the name. As in many cases, Pfeiffer re-described the species, which until today has been mistaken by subsequent researchers as the valid description for
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<emphasis id="B94FEA99B1705F25C8E1F0419413FB92" box="[144,283,1077,1101]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="2258">Helix nucula</emphasis>
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, and thus contributed to the present chaos. Unfortunately, the specimens from
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were dark-lipped, as can be seen from Pfeiffer s text: perist. fuscum, marginibus callo nigro-castaneo intrante junctis, and thus represent a species different from
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<emphasis id="B94FEA99B1705F25C8E1F0E195F0FB73" box="[144,248,1172,1196]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="2258">H. nucula</emphasis>
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. So far, no original specimens of
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sensu
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could be traced in the major European museums which are known to hold Pfeiffer specimens.
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It should be stressed that
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sensu
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has been widely used since its re-description (e.g.
<bibRefCitation id="EFAA4B7AB1705F25C99AF1609773FAF3" author="Kobelt W" box="[491,635,1300,1324]" pageId="1" pageNumber="2258" pagination="137 - 152" refId="ref3180" refString="Kobelt W. 1904. Die Familie der Heliceen, sechste Abtheilung. Systematisches Conchylien- Cabinet. 12: 137 - 152, Taf. 329 - 334; 153 - 176, Taf. 335 - 340; 177 - 200, Taf. 341 - 346." type="journal article" year="1904">Kobelt 1904</bibRefCitation>
;
<bibRefCitation id="EFAA4B7AB1705F25CAFEF160965BFAF3" author="Kaltenbach H" box="[655,851,1300,1324]" pageId="1" pageNumber="2258" pagination="55 - 66" refId="ref3009" refString="Kaltenbach H. 1950. Ergebnisse zoologisch-geologischer Sammelreisen in NO-Afrika, 2: helix nucula, Helix aspersa und Eobania vermiculata. Arch Moll. 79 (1 / 3): 55 - 66. pl. 10" type="journal article" year="1950">Kaltenbach 1950</bibRefCitation>
;
<bibRefCitation id="EFAA4B7AB1705F25CB16F16096EBFAF3" author="Zilch A" box="[871,995,1300,1324]" pageId="1" pageNumber="2258" pagination="135 - 173" refId="ref3764" refString="Zilch A. 1952. Die Typen und Typoide des Natur-Museums Senckenberg, 8: Mollusca, Helicinae (2). Arch Moll. 81: 135 - 173." type="journal article" year="1952">Zilch 1952</bibRefCitation>
) without recognising the nomenclatural situation.
</paragraph>
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<emphasis id="B94FEA99B1705F25C8E1F1E894D1FA6B" bold="true" box="[144,473,1436,1460]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="2258">Which species were analysed?</emphasis>
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In the tree of
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, the name
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<emphasis id="B94FEA99B1705F25CAEAF1B0960CFA04" box="[667,772,1476,1499]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="2258">H. cincta</emphasis>
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appears in three genetically distinct clusters, a fact that shows the authors follow another concept of this also black-lipped species. Thus, a clarification of the question Which species has been investigated? is urgently needed. Without having seen the specimens investigated, we only can use our own knowledge on the whole genus, which among others is based on the investigation of almost all
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specimens available for names published in the group (
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).
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We here follow the sequence of the black-lipped group from left to right (
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, fig. 2). The first problem arises by application of the name
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<emphasis id="B94FEA99B1735F26C8A5F49D95E2FEDF" box="[212,234,233,256]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="2259">H</emphasis>
. cf.
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for the black-lipped species from
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. No
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<emphasis id="B94FEA99B1735F26CBE5F49C96DCFEDF" box="[916,980,232,256]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="2259">Helix</emphasis>
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specimens from Northern Africa have ever been placed in
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<emphasis id="B94FEA99B1735F26CA9CF57D9655FEFF" box="[749,861,265,288]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="2259">H. cincta</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
. In their revision of the Tunisian continental malacofauna,
<bibRefCitation id="EFAA4B7AB1735F26CA0CF55C9126FE9F" author="Letourneux A &amp; Bourguignat J-R" box="[637,1070,296,320]" pageId="2" pageNumber="2259" refId="ref3268" refString="Letourneux A, Bourguignat J-R. 1887. Prodrome de la malacologie terrestre et fluviatile de la Tunisie. Paris: Imprimerie nationale; 166 pp." type="book" year="1887">Letourneux and Bourguignat (1887)</bibRefCitation>
did not mention
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<emphasis id="B94FEA99B1735F26C932F53C94DFFE80" box="[323,471,328,352]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="2259">Helix cincta</emphasis>
O.F.
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; however, they list
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<emphasis id="B94FEA99B1735F26CBA0F53C919CFEBF" box="[977,1172,328,352]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="2259">H. melanostoma</emphasis>
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(together with
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<emphasis id="B94FEA99B1735F26C9F5F51C94FFFEA0" box="[388,503,359,383]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="2259">H. nucula</emphasis>
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and other taxa) as very abundant from the area.
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<emphasis id="B94FEA99B1735F26CC25F5139460FE40" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="2259">Helix melanostoma</emphasis>
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is a well-known species, and has been depicted in several identification guides (
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;
<bibRefCitation id="EFAA4B7AB1735F26CA25F5D3968EFE60" author="Fechter R &amp; Falkner G" box="[596,902,423,447]" pageId="2" pageNumber="2259" refId="ref2938" refString="Fechter R, Falkner G. 1990. Weichtiere: europaische Meeres- und Binnenmollusken. Munchen: Mosaik Verlag; 286 pp." type="book" year="1990">Fechter and Falkner 1990</bibRefCitation>
;
<bibRefCitation id="EFAA4B7AB1735F26CBE9F5D39184FE60" author="Welter-Schultes F" box="[920,1164,423,447]" pageId="2" pageNumber="2259" refId="ref3707" refString="Welter-Schultes F. 2012. European non-marine molluscs, a guide for species identification. Gottingen: Planet Poster Editions; 674 pp." type="book" year="2012">Welter-Schultes 2012</bibRefCitation>
;
<bibRefCitation id="EFAA4B7AB1735F26C8A5F5B39479FE00" author="Neubert E" box="[212,369,455,479]" pageId="2" pageNumber="2259" pagination="1 - 200" refId="ref3463" refString="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. Contributions to Natural History. 26: 1 - 200." type="journal article" year="2014">Neubert 2014</bibRefCitation>
). It differs from
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<emphasis id="B94FEA99B1735F26CA49F5BC97A9FE00" box="[568,673,456,479]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="2259">H. cincta</emphasis>
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markedly, by both shell shape and colour. Our own unpublished data show the sequences of
<bibRefCitation id="EFAA4B7AB1735F26CB37F593913BFE20" author="Psonis N &amp; Vardinoyannis K &amp; Mylonas M &amp; Poulakakis N" box="[838,1075,487,511]" pageId="2" pageNumber="2259" pagination="383 - 392" refId="ref3622" refString="Psonis N, Vardinoyannis K, Mylonas M, Poulakakis N. 2015. Evaluation of the taxonomy of Helix cincta (Muller, 1774) and Helix nucula (Mousson, 1854); insights using mitochondrial DNA sequence data. J Nat Hist. 49: 383 - 392." type="journal article" year="2015">Psonis et al. (2015)</bibRefCitation>
to nest among the
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<emphasis id="B94FEA99B1735F26C92CF67C9713FDC0" box="[349,539,519,543]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="2259">H. melanostoma</emphasis>
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populations from
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, thus fully confirming our expectations (
<bibRefCitation id="EFAA4B7AB1735F26C909F6539778FDE0" author="Korabek O &amp; Petrusek A &amp; Neubert E &amp; Jurickova L" box="[376,624,551,575]" pageId="2" pageNumber="2259" refId="ref3229" refString="Korabek O, Petrusek A, Neubert E, Jurickova L. 2015. Molecular phylogeny of the genus Helix (Pulmonata: Helicidae). Zoologica Scripta. 18 pp. doi: 10.1111 / zsc. 12101" type="book" year="2015">Korabek et al. 2015</bibRefCitation>
). We here figure the
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specimen of a synonym name of
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<emphasis id="B94FEA99B1735F26C990F63397C7FD80" box="[481,719,583,607]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="2259">Helix melanostoma</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="EFAA4B7AB1735F26CA9BF63396D8FD80" author="Draparnaud J" box="[746,976,583,607]" pageId="2" pageNumber="2259" refId="ref2912" refString="Draparnaud J. 1801. Tableau des mollusques terrestres et fluviatiles de la France. Paris: Bossange, Masson et Besson; 116 pp." type="book" year="1801">Draparnaud, 1801</bibRefCitation>
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from
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(
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).
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8B84368BB1735F26C88FF6F2978AFBE2" blockId="2.[212,1172,168,1659]" pageId="2" pageNumber="2259">
The next problem is the presence of two widely separate
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<emphasis id="B94FEA99B1735F26CBDDF6F396E6FD41" box="[940,1006,647,670]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="2259">cincta</emphasis>
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clades in the tree.
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have suggested
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<emphasis id="B94FEA99B1735F26CAD6F6D39676FD61" box="[679,894,678,702]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="2259">H. cincta anatolica</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="EFAA4B7AB1735F26CBF9F6D29114FD61" author="Kobelt W" box="[904,1052,678,702]" pageId="2" pageNumber="2259" pagination="41 - 80" refId="ref3136" refString="Kobelt W. 1891. Iconographie der Land- &amp; Susswasser-Mollusken mit vorzuglicher Berucksichtigung der europaischen noch nicht abgebildeten Arten. 5: 1 - 40, Taf. 121 - 130; 5: 41 - 80, Taf. 131 - 140." type="journal article" year="1891">Kobelt, 1891</bibRefCitation>
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(in green) to be raised to species level. This claim is flawed because of a misunderstanding of the taxonomy of
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<emphasis id="B94FEA99B1735F26C9D1F6939702FD21" box="[416,522,743,766]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="2259">H. cincta</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
. Within this species, three subspecies used to be recognised (
<bibRefCitation id="EFAA4B7AB1735F26C959F77294C7FCC1" author="Knipper H" box="[296,463,774,798]" pageId="2" pageNumber="2259" pagination="327 - 517" refId="ref3078" refString="Knipper H. 1939. Systematische, anatomische, okologische und tiergeographische Studien an sudosteuropaischen Heliciden. (Moll. Pulm.). Arch Naturg., N. F .. 8: 327 - 517." type="journal article" year="1939">Knipper 1939</bibRefCitation>
; Zilch 1960) found in (1) northern Adriatic coastlands (
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<emphasis id="B94FEA99B1735F26C8ADF75394ADFCE1" box="[220,421,807,830]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="2259">H. cincta cincta</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="EFAA4B7AB1735F26C9C8F752975EFCE1" author="Muller OF" box="[441,598,806,830]" pageId="2" pageNumber="2259" refId="ref3417" refString="Muller OF. 1774. Vermium terrestrium et fluviatilium, sue animalium infusorum, helminthicorum, et testaceorum, non marinorum, succincta historia. Havniae [Copenhagen] et Lipsiae [Leipzig]: Heineck &amp; Faber; 214 + XXXV + 10 pp." type="book" year="1774">Müller, 1774</bibRefCitation>
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); (2) in
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and the
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(
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<emphasis id="B94FEA99B1735F26CC50F753943AFC81" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="2259">H. cincta ambigua</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
=
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<emphasis id="B94FEA99B1735F26C92DF7339722FC81" box="[348,554,838,862]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="2259">H. cincta borealis</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="EFAA4B7AB1735F26CA47F73297E8FC81" author="Mousson A" box="[566,736,838,862]" pageId="2" pageNumber="2259" pagination="253 - 297" refId="ref3378" refString="Mousson A. 1859. Coquilles terrestres et fluviatiles, recueillies dans l' Orient par M. le Dr. Alex. Schlafli. Viertelj naturf Ges Zurich. 4: 12 - 36, 253 - 297." type="journal article" year="1859">Mousson 1859</bibRefCitation>
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); (3) in
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(
<taxonomicName id="4C3B4D08B1735F26CBC1F7339184FC81" authorityName="Kobelt" authorityYear="1891" box="[944,1164,838,862]" class="Gastropoda" family="Helicidae" genus="Helix" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Stylommatophora" pageId="2" pageNumber="2259" phylum="Mollusca" rank="subSpecies" species="cincta" subSpecies="anatolica">
<emphasis id="B94FEA99B1735F26CBC1F7339184FC81" box="[944,1164,838,862]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="2259">H. cincta anatolica</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
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). Out of these, Psonis et al. have sampled the last two, while the nominotypical subspecies is not included in their dataset. Therefore, their data cannot provide any support for the separation of
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<emphasis id="B94FEA99B1735F26CB2EF7D29141FC62" box="[863,1097,933,957]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="2259">H. cincta anatolica</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
from
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<emphasis id="B94FEA99B1735F26C8A5F7B29485FC02" box="[212,397,966,989]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="2259">H. cincta cincta</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
. Based on anatomical, shell morphological and genetic investigations of Italian as well as Turkish specimens, we consider
<taxonomicName id="4C3B4D08B1735F26CBFDF791974FFBC2" authority="Kobelt, 1891 a" authorityName="Kobelt" authorityYear="1891" class="Gastropoda" family="Helicidae" genus="Helix" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Stylommatophora" pageId="2" pageNumber="2259" phylum="Mollusca" rank="variety" species="cincta" subGenus="Pomatia" variety="anatolica">
<emphasis id="B94FEA99B1735F26CBFDF79196C2FC22" box="[908,970,997,1021]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="2259">Helix</emphasis>
(
<emphasis id="B94FEA99B1735F26CBAEF7929135FC22" box="[991,1085,998,1021]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="2259">Pomatia</emphasis>
)
<emphasis id="B94FEA99B1735F26CC23F792919CFC22" box="[1106,1172,998,1021]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="2259">cincta</emphasis>
var.
<emphasis id="B94FEA99B1735F26C963F071947FFBC2" box="[274,375,1029,1053]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="2259">anatolica</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="EFAA4B7AB1735F26C9FBF071972FFBC2" author="Kobelt W" box="[394,551,1029,1053]" pageId="2" pageNumber="2259" pagination="41 - 80" refId="ref3136" refString="Kobelt W. 1891. Iconographie der Land- &amp; Susswasser-Mollusken mit vorzuglicher Berucksichtigung der europaischen noch nicht abgebildeten Arten. 5: 1 - 40, Taf. 121 - 130; 5: 41 - 80, Taf. 131 - 140." type="journal article" year="1891">Kobelt, 1891</bibRefCitation>
a
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junior synonym of
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<emphasis id="B94FEA99B1735F26CB23F07196EDFBC2" box="[850,997,1029,1053]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="2259">Helix cincta</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="EFAA4B7AB1735F26CB89F071919BFBC2" author="Muller OF" box="[1016,1171,1029,1053]" pageId="2" pageNumber="2259" refId="ref3417" refString="Muller OF. 1774. Vermium terrestrium et fluviatilium, sue animalium infusorum, helminthicorum, et testaceorum, non marinorum, succincta historia. Havniae [Copenhagen] et Lipsiae [Leipzig]: Heineck &amp; Faber; 214 + XXXV + 10 pp." type="book" year="1774">Müller, 1774</bibRefCitation>
</taxonomicName>
(
<bibRefCitation id="EFAA4B7AB1735F26C8AAF0519470FBE2" author="Neubert E" box="[219,376,1061,1085]" pageId="2" pageNumber="2259" pagination="1 - 200" refId="ref3463" refString="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. Contributions to Natural History. 26: 1 - 200." type="journal article" year="2014">Neubert 2014</bibRefCitation>
;
<bibRefCitation id="EFAA4B7AB1735F26C9FBF051977AFBE2" author="Korabek O &amp; Petrusek A &amp; Neubert E &amp; Jurickova L" box="[394,626,1061,1085]" pageId="2" pageNumber="2259" refId="ref3229" refString="Korabek O, Petrusek A, Neubert E, Jurickova L. 2015. Molecular phylogeny of the genus Helix (Pulmonata: Helicidae). Zoologica Scripta. 18 pp. doi: 10.1111 / zsc. 12101" type="book" year="2015">Korabek et al. 2015</bibRefCitation>
).
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8B84368BB1735F26C88FF03194AFFAE3" blockId="2.[212,1172,168,1659]" pageId="2" pageNumber="2259">
However, another aspect is much more interesting: the so-called
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<emphasis id="B94FEA99B1735F26CC70F0319185FB83" box="[1025,1165,1093,1117]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="2259">Helix cincta</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
clade (
<bibRefCitation id="EFAA4B7AB1735F26C96FF01194EDFBA2" author="Psonis N &amp; Vardinoyannis K &amp; Mylonas M &amp; Poulakakis N" box="[286,485,1125,1149]" pageId="2" pageNumber="2259" pagination="383 - 392" refId="ref3622" refString="Psonis N, Vardinoyannis K, Mylonas M, Poulakakis N. 2015. Evaluation of the taxonomy of Helix cincta (Muller, 1774) and Helix nucula (Mousson, 1854); insights using mitochondrial DNA sequence data. J Nat Hist. 49: 383 - 392." type="journal article" year="2015">Psonis et al. 2015</bibRefCitation>
, fig. 2, in red) comprises specimens originating from
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and western
<collectingRegion id="49FFF869B1735F26C9C9F0F094F0FB43" box="[440,504,1156,1180]" country="Greece" name="Kriti" pageId="2" pageNumber="2259">Crete</collectingRegion>
, including a sample from Kerkyra Island, which is the
<typeStatus id="54808829B1735F26CC15F0F1919CFB42" box="[1124,1172,1157,1181]" pageId="2" pageNumber="2259">type</typeStatus>
locality of
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<emphasis id="B94FEA99B1735F26C93EF0D094FCFB63" box="[335,500,1188,1212]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="2259">Helix ambigua</emphasis>
var.
<emphasis id="B94FEA99B1735F26CA43F0D09780FB63" box="[562,648,1188,1212]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="2259">borealis</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="EFAA4B7AB1735F26CAE1F0D19635FB63" author="Mousson A" box="[656,829,1188,1212]" pageId="2" pageNumber="2259" pagination="253 - 297" refId="ref3378" refString="Mousson A. 1859. Coquilles terrestres et fluviatiles, recueillies dans l' Orient par M. le Dr. Alex. Schlafli. Viertelj naturf Ges Zurich. 4: 12 - 36, 253 - 297." type="journal article" year="1859">Mousson, 1859</bibRefCitation>
</taxonomicName>
. These results clearly indicate that
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<emphasis id="B94FEA99B1735F26C97AF0B194DDFB03" box="[267,469,1220,1244]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="2259">H. cincta borealis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
is a separate species. Actually,
<taxonomicName id="4C3B4D08B1735F26CB3BF0B196CFFB03" authorityName="Mousson" authorityYear="1859" box="[842,967,1220,1244]" class="Gastropoda" family="Helicidae" genus="Helix" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Stylommatophora" pageId="2" pageNumber="2259" phylum="Mollusca" rank="species" species="borealis">
<emphasis id="B94FEA99B1735F26CB3BF0B196CFFB03" box="[842,967,1220,1244]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="2259">H. borealis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
has already been considered separate from
<taxonomicName id="4C3B4D08B1735F26C987F0919755FB23" authorityName="O. F. Muller" authorityYear="1774" box="[502,605,1253,1276]" class="Gastropoda" family="Helicidae" genus="Helix" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Stylommatophora" pageId="2" pageNumber="2259" phylum="Mollusca" rank="species" species="cincta">
<emphasis id="B94FEA99B1735F26C987F0919755FB23" box="[502,605,1253,1276]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="2259">H. cincta</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
by E. Neubert, and his view has been followed by some projects (Fauna Europaea; International Union for Conservation of Nature [
<collectionCode id="ED2AAE4EB1735F26C8ABF150942CFAE3" box="[218,292,1316,1340]" pageId="2" pageNumber="2259">IUCN</collectionCode>
] Red List).
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8B84368BB1735F26C88FF1309743F9A4" blockId="2.[212,1172,168,1659]" pageId="2" pageNumber="2259">
The central part of the Bayesian tree of
<bibRefCitation id="EFAA4B7AB1735F26CAAFF13096B6FA83" author="Psonis N &amp; Vardinoyannis K &amp; Mylonas M &amp; Poulakakis N" box="[734,958,1348,1372]" pageId="2" pageNumber="2259" pagination="383 - 392" refId="ref3622" refString="Psonis N, Vardinoyannis K, Mylonas M, Poulakakis N. 2015. Evaluation of the taxonomy of Helix cincta (Muller, 1774) and Helix nucula (Mousson, 1854); insights using mitochondrial DNA sequence data. J Nat Hist. 49: 383 - 392." type="journal article" year="2015">Psonis et al. (2015)</bibRefCitation>
contains a cluster called
<taxonomicName id="4C3B4D08B1735F26C955F11094BAFAA3" authorityName="sensu L. Pfeiffer" authorityYear="1859" box="[292,434,1380,1404]" class="Gastropoda" family="Helicidae" genus="Helix" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Stylommatophora" pageId="2" pageNumber="2259" phylum="Mollusca" rank="species" species="nucula">
<emphasis id="B94FEA99B1735F26C955F11094BAFAA3" box="[292,434,1380,1404]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="2259">Helix nucula</emphasis>
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(in orange). It comprises specimens originating from localities in Crete, the island Anafi, the Cyclades and
<collectingCountry id="F32C761BB1735F26CAB3F1F09600FA43" box="[706,776,1412,1436]" name="Libya" pageId="2" pageNumber="2259">Libya</collectingCountry>
. This result confirms that there is another black-lipped species living in the East Mediterranenan basin besides
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<emphasis id="B94FEA99B1735F26CC48F1D0919CFA64" box="[1081,1172,1444,1467]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="2259">H. cinta</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and
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<emphasis id="B94FEA99B1735F26C979F1B0948DFA04" box="[264,389,1475,1499]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="2259">H. borealis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, corresponding to
<emphasis id="B94FEA99B1735F26CA18F1B097D7FA04" box="[617,735,1475,1499]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="2259">H. nucula</emphasis>
as understood by
<bibRefCitation id="EFAA4B7AB1735F26CBC8F1B79186FA04" author="Kaltenbach H" box="[953,1166,1475,1499]" pageId="2" pageNumber="2259" pagination="55 - 66" refId="ref3009" refString="Kaltenbach H. 1950. Ergebnisse zoologisch-geologischer Sammelreisen in NO-Afrika, 2: helix nucula, Helix aspersa und Eobania vermiculata. Arch Moll. 79 (1 / 3): 55 - 66. pl. 10" type="journal article" year="1950">Kaltenbach (1950)</bibRefCitation>
, and comprising also populations from the southern Aegean. Accepting the existence of such an East Mediterranenan species, the next nomenclaturally available name has to be used for this taxon. This name would then be
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<emphasis id="B94FEA99B1735F26CB5CF25796C6F9E4" box="[813,974,1571,1595]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="2259">Helix pronuba</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
published in the original combination
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<emphasis id="B94FEA99B1735F26C9B9F2379776F984" box="[456,638,1603,1627]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="2259">Helix thiesseana</emphasis>
var.
<emphasis id="B94FEA99B1735F26CAC8F237961BF984" box="[697,787,1603,1627]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="2259">pronuba</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="EFAA4B7AB1735F26CB6BF237914AF984" author="Westerlund CA &amp; Blanc H" box="[794,1090,1603,1627]" pageId="2" pageNumber="2259" refId="ref3731" refString="Westerlund CA, Blanc H. 1879. Apercu sur la faune malacologique de la Grece inclus l' Epire et la Thessalie. Coquilles extramarines. Naples: Tornese; 161 pp." type="book" year="1879">Westerlund &amp; Blanc, 1879</bibRefCitation>
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, which originates from Crete, Messarà.
</paragraph>
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Figure 1. (A)
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<emphasis id="B94FEA99B1725F27C96EF01F9496FB5F" box="[287,414,1131,1152]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="2260">Helix nucula</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="EFAA4B7AB1725F27C9D2F01F9735FB5E" author="Mousson A" box="[419,573,1131,1153]" pageId="3" pageNumber="2260" pagination="362 - 402" refId="ref3343" refString="Mousson A. 1854. Coquilles terrestres et fluviatiles, recueillies par M. Le Prof. Bellardi dans un voyage en Orient. Mitt naturf Ges Zurich. 3: 362 - 402." type="journal article" year="1854">Mousson, 1854</bibRefCitation>
</taxonomicName>
, syntype ZMZ 506381a, shell diameter 28.8 mm. (B)
<taxonomicName id="4C3B4D08B1725F27C8E1F0FC9717FB41" authority="Draparnaud, 1801" authorityName="Draparnaud" authorityYear="1801" box="[144,543,1160,1182]" class="Gastropoda" family="Helicidae" genus="Helix" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Stylommatophora" pageId="3" pageNumber="2260" phylum="Mollusca" rank="species" species="melanostoma">
<emphasis id="B94FEA99B1725F27C8E1F0FC945DFB42" box="[144,341,1160,1181]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="2260">Helix melanostoma</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="EFAA4B7AB1725F27C911F0FC9717FB41" author="Draparnaud J" box="[352,543,1160,1182]" pageId="3" pageNumber="2260" refId="ref2912" refString="Draparnaud J. 1801. Tableau des mollusques terrestres et fluviatiles de la France. Paris: Bossange, Masson et Besson; 116 pp." type="book" year="1801">Draparnaud, 1801</bibRefCitation>
</taxonomicName>
, syntype of
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<emphasis id="B94FEA99B1725F27CAD9F0FC9642FB42" box="[680,842,1160,1181]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="2260">Helix uthicensis</emphasis>
Pechaud, 1883
</taxonomicName>
, ruins of Uthica, Tunisia, MHNG 18185, shell diameter 36.2 mm. (C),
<taxonomicName id="4C3B4D08B1725F27CB47F0D19141FB64" authority="Muller, 1774" authorityName="O. F. Muller" authorityYear="1774" box="[822,1097,1189,1211]" class="Gastropoda" family="Helicidae" genus="Helix" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Stylommatophora" pageId="3" pageNumber="2260" phylum="Mollusca" rank="species" species="cincta">
<emphasis id="B94FEA99B1725F27CB47F0D196BDFB64" box="[822,949,1189,1211]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="2260">Helix cincta</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="EFAA4B7AB1725F27CBB3F0D19141FB64" author="Muller OF" box="[962,1097,1189,1211]" pageId="3" pageNumber="2260" refId="ref3417" refString="Muller OF. 1774. Vermium terrestrium et fluviatilium, sue animalium infusorum, helminthicorum, et testaceorum, non marinorum, succincta historia. Havniae [Copenhagen] et Lipsiae [Leipzig]: Heineck &amp; Faber; 214 + XXXV + 10 pp." type="book" year="1774">Müller, 1774</bibRefCitation>
</taxonomicName>
, syntype of
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<emphasis id="B94FEA99B1725F27C962F0B69443FB08" box="[275,331,1218,1239]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="2260">Helix</emphasis>
(
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)
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var.
<emphasis id="B94FEA99B1725F27CA24F0B697B8FB08" box="[597,688,1218,1239]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="2260">anatolica</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="EFAA4B7AB1725F27CAB0F0B69647FB07" author="Kobelt W" box="[705,847,1218,1240]" pageId="3" pageNumber="2260" pagination="41 - 80" refId="ref3136" refString="Kobelt W. 1891. Iconographie der Land- &amp; Susswasser-Mollusken mit vorzuglicher Berucksichtigung der europaischen noch nicht abgebildeten Arten. 5: 1 - 40, Taf. 121 - 130; 5: 41 - 80, Taf. 131 - 140." type="journal article" year="1891">Kobelt, 1891</bibRefCitation>
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, Hieronda (southwest Turkey), SMF 9949, shell diameter 34.9 mm. (D)
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<emphasis id="B94FEA99B1725F27CAEDF0949627FB2A" box="[668,815,1248,1269]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="2260">Helix pronuba</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="EFAA4B7AB1725F27CB49F0949141FB29" author="Westerlund CA &amp; Blanc H" box="[824,1097,1248,1270]" pageId="3" pageNumber="2260" refId="ref3731" refString="Westerlund CA, Blanc H. 1879. Apercu sur la faune malacologique de la Grece inclus l' Epire et la Thessalie. Coquilles extramarines. Naples: Tornese; 161 pp." type="book" year="1879">Westerlund &amp; Blanc, 1879</bibRefCitation>
</taxonomicName>
, syntype of
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<emphasis id="B94FEA99B1725F27C88FF08994A9FACD" box="[254,417,1277,1298]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="2260">Helix thiesseana</emphasis>
var.
<emphasis id="B94FEA99B1725F27C9A4F089972EFACD" box="[469,550,1277,1298]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="2260">pronuba</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="EFAA4B7AB1725F27CA5DF089963DFACC" author="Westerlund CA &amp; Blanc H" box="[556,821,1277,1299]" pageId="3" pageNumber="2260" refId="ref3731" refString="Westerlund CA, Blanc H. 1879. Apercu sur la faune malacologique de la Grece inclus l' Epire et la Thessalie. Coquilles extramarines. Naples: Tornese; 161 pp." type="book" year="1879">Westerlund &amp; Blanc, 1879</bibRefCitation>
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, GNM 1723, shell diameter 26.3 mm. (E)
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<emphasis id="B94FEA99B1725F27C96DF16E94A0FAF0" box="[284,424,1306,1327]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="2260">Helix borealis</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="EFAA4B7AB1725F27C9DEF16F9742FAEF" author="Mousson A" box="[431,586,1306,1328]" pageId="3" pageNumber="2260" pagination="253 - 297" refId="ref3378" refString="Mousson A. 1859. Coquilles terrestres et fluviatiles, recueillies dans l' Orient par M. le Dr. Alex. Schlafli. Viertelj naturf Ges Zurich. 4: 12 - 36, 253 - 297." type="journal article" year="1859">Mousson, 1859</bibRefCitation>
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, possible syntype ZMZ 506307, Grecce, Argostoli, shell diameter 34.65 mm.
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<emphasis id="B94FEA99B1725F27C8E1F1E2941CFA71" bold="true" box="[144,276,1430,1454]" pageId="3" pageNumber="2260">Conclusions</emphasis>
</paragraph>
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Molecular phylogenetics is an irreplaceable tool for taxonomists, but interpretation of the results must be based on clear taxonomic concepts corroborated by all available resources that is, the primary reference, the subsequent taxonomic literature and the
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specimens of the organisms of interest. Otherwise, molecular phylogenetics can cause confusion with detrimental consequences to follow-up studies (e.g. ecological and evolutionary). Probably, the authors followed the mainstream literature in the apparently wrong application of the names discussed above. In the course of his taxonomic revision of the genus
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<emphasis id="B94FEA99B1755F20CA23F4DC9798FF1F" box="[594,656,168,192]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="2261">Helix</emphasis>
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, the first author noticed the problem of the
<taxonomicName id="4C3B4D08B1755F20C8AAF4BC942BFF3F" authorityName="Mousson" authorityYear="1854" box="[219,291,200,224]" class="Gastropoda" family="Helicidae" genus="Helix" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Stylommatophora" pageId="4" pageNumber="2261" phylum="Mollusca" rank="species" species="nucula">
<emphasis id="B94FEA99B1755F20C8AAF4BC942BFF3F" box="[219,291,200,224]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="2261">nucula</emphasis>
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misidentification already years ago, and consequently recognised
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<emphasis id="B94FEA99B1755F20CC24F4BC9414FEDF" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="2261">Helix nucula</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="EFAA4B7AB1755F20C95BF49D94D5FEDF" author="Mousson A" box="[298,477,232,256]" pageId="4" pageNumber="2261" pagination="362 - 402" refId="ref3343" refString="Mousson A. 1854. Coquilles terrestres et fluviatiles, recueillies par M. Le Prof. Bellardi dans un voyage en Orient. Mitt naturf Ges Zurich. 3: 362 - 402." type="journal article" year="1854">Mousson, 1854</bibRefCitation>
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as a valid species (
<bibRefCitation id="EFAA4B7AB1755F20CAA4F49C967EFEDF" author="Neubert E" box="[725,886,232,256]" pageId="4" pageNumber="2261" pagination="1 - 200" refId="ref3463" refString="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. Contributions to Natural History. 26: 1 - 200." type="journal article" year="2014">Neubert 2014</bibRefCitation>
). This information was disseminated to the community and shared with many colleagues. Thus, findings of
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<emphasis id="B94FEA99B1755F20C8A5F55C944EFE9F" box="[212,326,296,320]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="2261">H. nucula</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="EFAA4B7AB1755F20C925F55C970DFE9F" author="Mousson A" box="[340,517,296,320]" pageId="4" pageNumber="2261" pagination="362 - 402" refId="ref3343" refString="Mousson A. 1854. Coquilles terrestres et fluviatiles, recueillies par M. Le Prof. Bellardi dans un voyage en Orient. Mitt naturf Ges Zurich. 3: 362 - 402." type="journal article" year="1854">Mousson, 1854</bibRefCitation>
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have been reported from southwestern
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in two papers cited by
<bibRefCitation id="EFAA4B7AB1755F20C9FCF53C9763FEBF" author="Psonis N &amp; Vardinoyannis K &amp; Mylonas M &amp; Poulakakis N" box="[397,619,328,352]" pageId="4" pageNumber="2261" pagination="383 - 392" refId="ref3622" refString="Psonis N, Vardinoyannis K, Mylonas M, Poulakakis N. 2015. Evaluation of the taxonomy of Helix cincta (Muller, 1774) and Helix nucula (Mousson, 1854); insights using mitochondrial DNA sequence data. J Nat Hist. 49: 383 - 392." type="journal article" year="2015">Psonis et al. (2015)</bibRefCitation>
,
<bibRefCitation id="EFAA4B7AB1755F20CA0AF53C9665FEBF" author="Neubert E &amp; Orstan A &amp; Welter-Schultes F" box="[635,877,328,352]" pageId="4" pageNumber="2261" pagination="105 - 123" refId="ref3506" refString="Neubert E, Orstan A, Welter-Schultes F. 2000. The land snails of the area between Kas and Demre, southwestern Turkey, with special reference to Albinaria (Gastropoda, Pulmonata, Clausiliidae). Basteria. 64: 105 - 123." type="journal article" year="2000">Neubert et al. (2000)</bibRefCitation>
and
<bibRefCitation id="EFAA4B7AB1755F20CBDAF53C9186FEBF" author="Orstan A &amp; Yildirim MZ &amp; Gumus BA &amp; Welter-Schultes F" box="[939,1166,328,352]" pageId="4" pageNumber="2261" pagination="1 - 15" refId="ref3552" refString="Orstan A, Yildirim MZ, Gumus BA, Welter-Schultes F. 2005. The land snails of the Bodrum peninsula, Turkey. Mitt Dtsch Malakozool Ges. 73 / 74: 1 - 15." type="journal article" year="2005">Örstan et al. (2005)</bibRefCitation>
, both referring to the white-lipped species. Later, these results were used for the preparation of the European Red List of Non-marine Molluscs (
<bibRefCitation id="EFAA4B7AB1755F20CC41F5F3945BFE60" author="Cuttelod A &amp; Seddon M &amp; Neubert E" pageId="4" pageNumber="2261" refId="ref2882" refString="Cuttelod A, Seddon M, Neubert E. 2011. European Red List of Non-marine Molluscs. Luxembourg: Publications Office of the European Union; 98 pp." type="book" year="2011">Cuttelod et al. 2011</bibRefCitation>
). These results were criticised by Psonis et al.; however, this opinion reflects their misinterpretation of the taxonomic and nomenclatural problem as explained above. They have probably followed AnimalBase and Welter- Schultes (2012), where these two taxa are confused and their distribution data pooled together.
<bibRefCitation id="EFAA4B7AB1755F20C94EF653971CFDE0" author="Psonis N &amp; Vardinoyannis K &amp; Mylonas M &amp; Poulakakis N" box="[319,532,551,575]" pageId="4" pageNumber="2261" pagination="383 - 392" refId="ref3622" refString="Psonis N, Vardinoyannis K, Mylonas M, Poulakakis N. 2015. Evaluation of the taxonomy of Helix cincta (Muller, 1774) and Helix nucula (Mousson, 1854); insights using mitochondrial DNA sequence data. J Nat Hist. 49: 383 - 392." type="journal article" year="2015">Psonis et al. (2015)</bibRefCitation>
also used sequences of
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<emphasis id="B94FEA99B1755F20CB6DF65C9693FDE0" box="[796,923,552,575]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="2261">H. pomatia</emphasis>
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and
<taxonomicName id="4C3B4D08B1755F20CBA2F65C9159FDE0" authorityName="Linnaeus" authorityYear="1758" box="[979,1105,551,575]" class="Gastropoda" family="Helicidae" genus="Helix" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Stylommatophora" pageId="4" pageNumber="2261" phylum="Mollusca" rank="species" species="lucorum">
<emphasis id="B94FEA99B1755F20CBA2F65C9159FDE0" box="[979,1105,551,575]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="2261">H. lucorum</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, both downloaded from GenBank and both from unknown localities, and we urge against this practice, where a voucher specimen is not available.
</paragraph>
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The results of our analysis are: (1) the name
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<emphasis id="B94FEA99B1755F20CB71F6F29687FD41" box="[768,911,646,670]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="2261">Helix nucula</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="EFAA4B7AB1755F20CBE9F6F3914DFD41" author="Mousson A" box="[920,1093,646,670]" pageId="4" pageNumber="2261" pagination="362 - 402" refId="ref3343" refString="Mousson A. 1854. Coquilles terrestres et fluviatiles, recueillies par M. Le Prof. Bellardi dans un voyage en Orient. Mitt naturf Ges Zurich. 3: 362 - 402." type="journal article" year="1854">Mousson, 1854</bibRefCitation>
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has to be applied to a white-lipped species; (2)
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<emphasis id="B94FEA99B1755F20CAC7F6D29641FD61" box="[694,841,678,702]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="2261">Helix nucula</emphasis>
sensu L.
<bibRefCitation id="EFAA4B7AB1755F20CBB3F6D29155FD61" author="Pfeiffer L" box="[962,1117,678,702]" pageId="4" pageNumber="2261" refId="ref3589" refString="Pfeiffer L. 1859. Monographia heliceorum viventium. Sistens descriptiones systematicas et criticas omnium huius familiae generum et specierum hodie cognitarum. Volumen quartum. Leipzig: Brockhaus; 920 pp." type="book" year="1859">Pfeiffer, 1859</bibRefCitation>
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is a description without any nomenclatural meaning; (3) the species
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referred to as
<taxonomicName id="4C3B4D08B1755F20C9DAF693975EFD21" authorityName="O. F. Muller" authorityYear="1774" box="[427,598,742,766]" class="Gastropoda" family="Helicidae" genus="Helix" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Stylommatophora" pageId="4" pageNumber="2261" phylum="Mollusca" rank="species" species="cincta">
<emphasis id="B94FEA99B1755F20C9DAF69394C9FD21" box="[427,449,743,766]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="2261">H</emphasis>
. cf.
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</taxonomicName>
from
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is in fact
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<emphasis id="B94FEA99B1755F20CBBCF693919BFD21" box="[973,1171,742,766]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="2261">H. melanostoma</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="EFAA4B7AB1755F20C8A5F77294AEFCC1" author="Draparnaud J" box="[212,422,774,798]" pageId="4" pageNumber="2261" refId="ref2912" refString="Draparnaud J. 1801. Tableau des mollusques terrestres et fluviatiles de la France. Paris: Bossange, Masson et Besson; 116 pp." type="book" year="1801">Draparnaud, 1801</bibRefCitation>
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; (4) the species
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referred to as
<taxonomicName id="4C3B4D08B1755F20CC70F7729185FCC1" authorityName="O. F. Muller" authorityYear="1774" box="[1025,1165,774,798]" class="Gastropoda" family="Helicidae" genus="Helix" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Stylommatophora" pageId="4" pageNumber="2261" phylum="Mollusca" rank="species" species="cincta">
<emphasis id="B94FEA99B1755F20CC70F7729185FCC1" box="[1025,1165,774,798]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="2261">Helix cincta</emphasis>
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from western
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is
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<emphasis id="B94FEA99B1755F20CA74F75297A2FCE1" box="[517,682,806,830]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="2261">Helix borealis</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="EFAA4B7AB1755F20CACDF7539679FCE1" author="Mousson A" box="[700,881,806,830]" pageId="4" pageNumber="2261" pagination="253 - 297" refId="ref3378" refString="Mousson A. 1859. Coquilles terrestres et fluviatiles, recueillies dans l' Orient par M. le Dr. Alex. Schlafli. Viertelj naturf Ges Zurich. 4: 12 - 36, 253 - 297." type="journal article" year="1859">Mousson, 1859</bibRefCitation>
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; (5) the species
<bibRefCitation id="EFAA4B7AB1755F20CC3DF752946BFC81" author="Psonis N &amp; Vardinoyannis K &amp; Mylonas M &amp; Poulakakis N" pageId="4" pageNumber="2261" pagination="383 - 392" refId="ref3622" refString="Psonis N, Vardinoyannis K, Mylonas M, Poulakakis N. 2015. Evaluation of the taxonomy of Helix cincta (Muller, 1774) and Helix nucula (Mousson, 1854); insights using mitochondrial DNA sequence data. J Nat Hist. 49: 383 - 392." type="journal article" year="2015">Psonis et al. (2015)</bibRefCitation>
referred to as
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<emphasis id="B94FEA99B1755F20CA51F7329616FC81" box="[544,798,838,862]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="2261">Helix cincta anatolica</emphasis>
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is in fact
<taxonomicName id="4C3B4D08B1755F20CBD6F7329400FCA1" authority="Muller, 1774" authorityName="O. F. Muller" authorityYear="1774" class="Gastropoda" family="Helicidae" genus="Helix" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Stylommatophora" pageId="4" pageNumber="2261" phylum="Mollusca" rank="species" species="cincta">
<emphasis id="B94FEA99B1755F20CBD6F732913CFC81" box="[935,1076,838,862]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="2261">Helix cincta</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="EFAA4B7AB1755F20CC4EF7329400FCA1" author="Muller OF" pageId="4" pageNumber="2261" refId="ref3417" refString="Muller OF. 1774. Vermium terrestrium et fluviatilium, sue animalium infusorum, helminthicorum, et testaceorum, non marinorum, succincta historia. Havniae [Copenhagen] et Lipsiae [Leipzig]: Heineck &amp; Faber; 214 + XXXV + 10 pp." type="book" year="1774">Müller, 1774</bibRefCitation>
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; (6) the species
<taxonomicName id="4C3B4D08B1755F20C9B9F7129611FCA1" authority="L. Pfeiffer, 1859" authorityName="sensu L. Pfeiffer" authorityYear="1859" box="[456,793,870,894]" class="Gastropoda" family="Helicidae" genus="Helix" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Stylommatophora" pageId="4" pageNumber="2261" phylum="Mollusca" rank="species" species="nucula">
<emphasis id="B94FEA99B1755F20C9B9F712975FFCA1" box="[456,599,870,894]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="2261">Helix nucula</emphasis>
L.
<bibRefCitation id="EFAA4B7AB1755F20CAF3F7129611FCA1" author="Pfeiffer L" box="[642,793,870,894]" pageId="4" pageNumber="2261" refId="ref3589" refString="Pfeiffer L. 1859. Monographia heliceorum viventium. Sistens descriptiones systematicas et criticas omnium huius familiae generum et specierum hodie cognitarum. Volumen quartum. Leipzig: Brockhaus; 920 pp." type="book" year="1859">Pfeiffer, 1859</bibRefCitation>
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sensu auctores is a species in its own right, and has to be called
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<emphasis id="B94FEA99B1755F20CA3DF7F297E7FC41" box="[588,751,902,926]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="2261">Helix pronuba</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="EFAA4B7AB1755F20CA88F7F29122FC41" author="Westerlund CA &amp; Blanc H" box="[761,1066,902,926]" pageId="4" pageNumber="2261" refId="ref3731" refString="Westerlund CA, Blanc H. 1879. Apercu sur la faune malacologique de la Grece inclus l' Epire et la Thessalie. Coquilles extramarines. Naples: Tornese; 161 pp." type="book" year="1879">Westerlund &amp; Blanc, 1879</bibRefCitation>
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, because these authors published the first valid description.
</paragraph>
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In order to recognise the species involved, each taxon is here briefly diagnosed to prevent further misidentifications (copied from
<bibRefCitation id="EFAA4B7AB1755F20CB3AF7919102FC22" author="Neubert E" box="[843,1034,997,1021]" pageId="4" pageNumber="2261" pagination="1 - 200" refId="ref3463" refString="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. Contributions to Natural History. 26: 1 - 200." type="journal article" year="2014">Neubert (2014)</bibRefCitation>
; see also
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):
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<paragraph id="8B84368BB1755F20C88FF0519662FB43" blockId="4.[211,1172,168,1691]" pageId="4" pageNumber="2261">
<taxonomicName id="4C3B4D08B1755F20C88FF05197CFFBE2" ID-CoL="6LLXK" authority="Mousson, 1854" authorityName="Mousson" authorityYear="1854" box="[254,711,1061,1085]" class="Gastropoda" family="Helicidae" genus="Helix" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Stylommatophora" pageId="4" pageNumber="2261" phylum="Mollusca" rank="species" species="nucula" subGenus="Pelasga">
<emphasis id="B94FEA99B1755F20C88FF0519704FBE2" box="[254,524,1061,1085]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="2261">Helix (Pelasga) nucula</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="EFAA4B7AB1755F20CA69F05297CFFBE2" author="Mousson A" box="[536,711,1061,1085]" pageId="4" pageNumber="2261" pagination="362 - 402" refId="ref3343" refString="Mousson A. 1854. Coquilles terrestres et fluviatiles, recueillies par M. Le Prof. Bellardi dans un voyage en Orient. Mitt naturf Ges Zurich. 3: 362 - 402." type="journal article" year="1854">Mousson, 1854</bibRefCitation>
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(
<figureCitation id="13002A0EB1755F20CAAAF051965BFBE2" box="[731,851,1061,1085]" captionStart="Figure 1" captionStartId="3.[144,211,1131,1153]" captionTargetBox="[144,1104,168,1099]" captionTargetId="figure@3.[144,1104,168,1099]" captionTargetPageId="3" captionText="Figure 1. (A) Helix nucula Mousson, 1854, syntype ZMZ 506381a, shell diameter 28.8 mm. (B) Helix melanostoma Draparnaud, 1801, syntype of Helix uthicensis Pechaud, 1883, ruins of Uthica, Tunisia, MHNG 18185, shell diameter 36.2 mm. (C), Helix cincta Müller, 1774, syntype of Helix (Pomatia) cincta var. anatolica Kobelt, 1891, Hieronda (southwest Turkey), SMF 9949, shell diameter 34.9 mm. (D) Helix pronuba Westerlund &amp; Blanc, 1879, syntype of Helix thiesseana var. pronuba Westerlund &amp; Blanc, 1879, GNM 1723, shell diameter 26.3 mm. (E) Helix borealis Mousson, 1859, possible syntype ZMZ 506307, Grecce, Argostoli, shell diameter 34.65 mm." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4000021" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/4000021/files/figure.png" pageId="4" pageNumber="2261">Figure 1A</figureCitation>
): shell small to moderately sized, thin, spherical, protoconch small, teleoconch with coarse axial riblets and surface granulation, aperture always white; flagellum as long as epiphallus + penis, long diverticulum surmounting bursa copulatrix in length.
</paragraph>
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<emphasis id="B94FEA99B1755F20C88FF0D09434FB63" box="[254,316,1188,1212]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="2261">Helix</emphasis>
(
<emphasis id="B94FEA99B1755F20C93CF0D09483FB63" box="[333,395,1188,1212]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="2261">Helix</emphasis>
)
<emphasis id="B94FEA99B1755F20C9EDF0D094FEFB63" box="[412,502,1188,1212]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="2261">pronuba</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="EFAA4B7AB1755F20C98FF0D09620FB63" author="Westerlund CA &amp; Blanc H" box="[510,808,1188,1212]" pageId="4" pageNumber="2261" refId="ref3731" refString="Westerlund CA, Blanc H. 1879. Apercu sur la faune malacologique de la Grece inclus l' Epire et la Thessalie. Coquilles extramarines. Naples: Tornese; 161 pp." type="book" year="1879">Westerlund &amp; Blanc, 1879</bibRefCitation>
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(
<figureCitation id="13002A0EB1755F20CB48F0D096A7FB63" box="[825,943,1188,1212]" captionStart="Figure 1" captionStartId="3.[144,211,1131,1153]" captionTargetBox="[144,1104,168,1099]" captionTargetId="figure@3.[144,1104,168,1099]" captionTargetPageId="3" captionText="Figure 1. (A) Helix nucula Mousson, 1854, syntype ZMZ 506381a, shell diameter 28.8 mm. (B) Helix melanostoma Draparnaud, 1801, syntype of Helix uthicensis Pechaud, 1883, ruins of Uthica, Tunisia, MHNG 18185, shell diameter 36.2 mm. (C), Helix cincta Müller, 1774, syntype of Helix (Pomatia) cincta var. anatolica Kobelt, 1891, Hieronda (southwest Turkey), SMF 9949, shell diameter 34.9 mm. (D) Helix pronuba Westerlund &amp; Blanc, 1879, syntype of Helix thiesseana var. pronuba Westerlund &amp; Blanc, 1879, GNM 1723, shell diameter 26.3 mm. (E) Helix borealis Mousson, 1859, possible syntype ZMZ 506307, Grecce, Argostoli, shell diameter 34.65 mm." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4000021" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/4000021/files/figure.png" pageId="4" pageNumber="2261">Figure 1D</figureCitation>
): shell small to very small, spherical, white or with up to five spirals, teleoconch with fine and densely spaced riblets and a prominent granulation, aperture deep chocolate brown. Morphology of genital organs unknown.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8B84368BB1755F20C88FF15097FFFA64" blockId="4.[211,1172,168,1691]" pageId="4" pageNumber="2261">
<taxonomicName id="4C3B4D08B1755F20C88FF1509600FAE3" ID-CoL="6LM7K" authority="Draparnaud, 1801" authorityName="Draparnaud" authorityYear="1801" box="[254,776,1316,1340]" class="Gastropoda" family="Helicidae" genus="Helix" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Stylommatophora" pageId="4" pageNumber="2261" phylum="Mollusca" rank="species" species="melanostoma" subGenus="Helix">
<emphasis id="B94FEA99B1755F20C88FF1509434FAE3" box="[254,316,1316,1340]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="2261">Helix</emphasis>
(
<emphasis id="B94FEA99B1755F20C93FF1509484FAE3" box="[334,396,1316,1340]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="2261">Helix</emphasis>
)
<emphasis id="B94FEA99B1755F20C9EFF1509727FAE3" box="[414,559,1316,1340]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="2261">melanostoma</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="EFAA4B7AB1755F20CA49F1509600FAE3" author="Draparnaud J" box="[568,776,1316,1340]" pageId="4" pageNumber="2261" refId="ref2912" refString="Draparnaud J. 1801. Tableau des mollusques terrestres et fluviatiles de la France. Paris: Bossange, Masson et Besson; 116 pp." type="book" year="1801">Draparnaud, 1801</bibRefCitation>
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(
<figureCitation id="13002A0EB1755F20CB6BF1509684FAE3" box="[794,908,1316,1340]" captionStart="Figure 1" captionStartId="3.[144,211,1131,1153]" captionTargetBox="[144,1104,168,1099]" captionTargetId="figure@3.[144,1104,168,1099]" captionTargetPageId="3" captionText="Figure 1. (A) Helix nucula Mousson, 1854, syntype ZMZ 506381a, shell diameter 28.8 mm. (B) Helix melanostoma Draparnaud, 1801, syntype of Helix uthicensis Pechaud, 1883, ruins of Uthica, Tunisia, MHNG 18185, shell diameter 36.2 mm. (C), Helix cincta Müller, 1774, syntype of Helix (Pomatia) cincta var. anatolica Kobelt, 1891, Hieronda (southwest Turkey), SMF 9949, shell diameter 34.9 mm. (D) Helix pronuba Westerlund &amp; Blanc, 1879, syntype of Helix thiesseana var. pronuba Westerlund &amp; Blanc, 1879, GNM 1723, shell diameter 26.3 mm. (E) Helix borealis Mousson, 1859, possible syntype ZMZ 506307, Grecce, Argostoli, shell diameter 34.65 mm." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4000021" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/4000021/files/figure.png" pageId="4" pageNumber="2261">Figure 1B</figureCitation>
): shell of medium size, greyish to brilliant white, spherical, teleoconch sculptured by coarse ribs, labial callus and palatal area deep brown to chocolate-coloured; penis and epiphallus of same length, flagellum moderately long, glandulae mucosae much shorter than dart sac, pedunculus with a thick and short diverticulum.
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<paragraph id="8B84368BB1755F20C88FF1B797F7F9E4" blockId="4.[211,1172,168,1691]" pageId="4" pageNumber="2261">
<taxonomicName id="4C3B4D08B1755F20C88FF1B797B2FA04" ID-CoL="6LKP4" authority="O. F. Muller, 1774" authorityName="O. F. Muller" authorityYear="1774" box="[254,698,1475,1499]" class="Gastropoda" family="Helicidae" genus="Helix" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Stylommatophora" pageId="4" pageNumber="2261" phylum="Mollusca" rank="species" species="cincta" subGenus="Helix">
<emphasis id="B94FEA99B1755F20C88FF1B79434FA04" box="[254,316,1475,1499]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="2261">Helix</emphasis>
(
<emphasis id="B94FEA99B1755F20C93EF1B79485FA04" box="[335,397,1475,1499]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="2261">Helix</emphasis>
)
<emphasis id="B94FEA99B1755F20C9EEF1B094E9FA04" box="[415,481,1476,1499]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="2261">cincta</emphasis>
O.F.
<bibRefCitation id="EFAA4B7AB1755F20CA59F1B797B2FA04" author="Muller OF" box="[552,698,1475,1499]" pageId="4" pageNumber="2261" refId="ref3417" refString="Muller OF. 1774. Vermium terrestrium et fluviatilium, sue animalium infusorum, helminthicorum, et testaceorum, non marinorum, succincta historia. Havniae [Copenhagen] et Lipsiae [Leipzig]: Heineck &amp; Faber; 214 + XXXV + 10 pp." type="book" year="1774">Müller, 1774</bibRefCitation>
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(
<figureCitation id="13002A0EB1755F20CABCF1B79649FA04" box="[717,833,1475,1499]" captionStart="Figure 1" captionStartId="3.[144,211,1131,1153]" captionTargetBox="[144,1104,168,1099]" captionTargetId="figure@3.[144,1104,168,1099]" captionTargetPageId="3" captionText="Figure 1. (A) Helix nucula Mousson, 1854, syntype ZMZ 506381a, shell diameter 28.8 mm. (B) Helix melanostoma Draparnaud, 1801, syntype of Helix uthicensis Pechaud, 1883, ruins of Uthica, Tunisia, MHNG 18185, shell diameter 36.2 mm. (C), Helix cincta Müller, 1774, syntype of Helix (Pomatia) cincta var. anatolica Kobelt, 1891, Hieronda (southwest Turkey), SMF 9949, shell diameter 34.9 mm. (D) Helix pronuba Westerlund &amp; Blanc, 1879, syntype of Helix thiesseana var. pronuba Westerlund &amp; Blanc, 1879, GNM 1723, shell diameter 26.3 mm. (E) Helix borealis Mousson, 1859, possible syntype ZMZ 506307, Grecce, Argostoli, shell diameter 34.65 mm." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4000021" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/4000021/files/figure.png" pageId="4" pageNumber="2261">Figure 1C</figureCitation>
): shell of medium size, thick, protoconch small, spiral bands no. 1 to 3 usually fused, columellar side of aperture relatively straight, aperture reddish-brown coloured; flagellum extremely long, pedunculus stem long, usually without diverticulum.
</paragraph>
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<emphasis id="B94FEA99B1755F20C88FF2379434F984" box="[254,316,1603,1627]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="2261">Helix</emphasis>
(
<emphasis id="B94FEA99B1755F20C920F2379487F984" box="[337,399,1603,1627]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="2261">Helix</emphasis>
)
<emphasis id="B94FEA99B1755F20C9D5F23794F2F984" box="[420,506,1603,1627]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="2261">borealis</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="EFAA4B7AB1755F20CA77F23097BEF984" author="Mousson A" box="[518,694,1603,1627]" pageId="4" pageNumber="2261" pagination="253 - 297" refId="ref3378" refString="Mousson A. 1859. Coquilles terrestres et fluviatiles, recueillies dans l' Orient par M. le Dr. Alex. Schlafli. Viertelj naturf Ges Zurich. 4: 12 - 36, 253 - 297." type="journal article" year="1859">Mousson, 1859</bibRefCitation>
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(
<figureCitation id="13002A0EB1755F20CABAF2379648F984" box="[715,832,1603,1627]" captionStart="Figure 1" captionStartId="3.[144,211,1131,1153]" captionTargetBox="[144,1104,168,1099]" captionTargetId="figure@3.[144,1104,168,1099]" captionTargetPageId="3" captionText="Figure 1. (A) Helix nucula Mousson, 1854, syntype ZMZ 506381a, shell diameter 28.8 mm. (B) Helix melanostoma Draparnaud, 1801, syntype of Helix uthicensis Pechaud, 1883, ruins of Uthica, Tunisia, MHNG 18185, shell diameter 36.2 mm. (C), Helix cincta Müller, 1774, syntype of Helix (Pomatia) cincta var. anatolica Kobelt, 1891, Hieronda (southwest Turkey), SMF 9949, shell diameter 34.9 mm. (D) Helix pronuba Westerlund &amp; Blanc, 1879, syntype of Helix thiesseana var. pronuba Westerlund &amp; Blanc, 1879, GNM 1723, shell diameter 26.3 mm. (E) Helix borealis Mousson, 1859, possible syntype ZMZ 506307, Grecce, Argostoli, shell diameter 34.65 mm." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4000021" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/4000021/files/figure.png" pageId="4" pageNumber="2261">Figure 1E</figureCitation>
): shell of medium size, thin, protoconch small, aperture very large, dark brown, palatal area with expanded dark brown colouration. Morphology of genital organs unknown.
</paragraph>
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The differences in shell morphology are sufficient to recognise the species:
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<emphasis id="B94FEA99B1745F21C8E1F4BD9408FF3F" box="[144,256,200,224]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="2262">H. nucula</emphasis>
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has a white lip, and thus differs from all other species listed here. The shell of
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<emphasis id="B94FEA99B1745F21C896F49D946DFEDF" box="[231,357,232,256]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="2262">H. pronuba</emphasis>
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differs from the other dark-lipped species by the presence of heavy granulation of at least the body whorl. The differences between
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<emphasis id="B94FEA99B1745F21CBD8F57D911FFEFF" box="[937,1047,265,288]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="2262">H. cincta</emphasis>
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and
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<emphasis id="B94FEA99B1745F21C8E1F55C9403FE9F" box="[144,267,296,320]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="2262">H. borealis</emphasis>
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are more peculiar: the first species has a heavy, rather small and globular shell with a rounded aperture and often-fused spiral colour bands, while in the latter species, the shell is thinner, larger, the aperture is more oblique, and the colour spiral bands are often reduced in intensity or even lacking.
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<emphasis id="B94FEA99B1745F21C8E1F587947DFDD4" bold="true" box="[144,373,499,523]" pageId="5" pageNumber="2262">Disclosure statement</emphasis>
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<paragraph id="8B84368BB1745F21C8E1F66F9619FDEF" blockId="5.[144,785,499,560]" box="[144,785,538,560]" pageId="5" pageNumber="2262">No potential conflict of interest was reported by the author(s).</paragraph>
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