MolluscaBase - Helicella itala (Linnaeus, 1758)

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Helicella itala (Linnaeus, 1758)

AphiaID

426387 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:426387)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Parent

Helicella A. Férussac, 1821

Original name

Helix itala Linnaeus, 1758

Synonymised names

Helicella (Helicella) itala (Linnaeus, 1758) · alternative representation

Helix ericetorum var. albescens Mabille, 1865 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Helix itala Linnaeus, 1758 · unaccepted (original combination)

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Subspecies Helicella itala itala (Linnaeus, 1758)
Subspecies Helicella itala pampelonensis (A. Schmidt, 1855)

Environment

~~marine~~, ~~brackish~~, ~~fresh~~, terrestrial

Original description

(of Helix itala Linnaeus, 1758) Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature, according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places.]. Impensis Direct. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. 1(10) [iii], 824 p., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886, https://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/ichthyology/catalog/getref.asp?id=2787
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Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Helicella itala (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=426387 on 2026-04-30

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2009-10-26 13:20:46Z

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Decock, Wim

2010-03-24 13:21:54Z

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Gofas, Serge

2010-10-19 15:51:00Z

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Rosenberg, Gary

2020-02-21 23:01:31Z

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Köhler, Frank

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original description (of Helix itala Linnaeus, 1758) Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature, according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places.]. Impensis Direct. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. 1(10) [iii], 824 p., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886, https://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/ichthyology/catalog/getref.asp?id=2787
page(s): 772 [details] Available for editors

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original description (of Helix ericetorum var. albescens Mabille, 1865) Mabille, J. (1865-1866). Études sur la faune malacologique de Saint-Jean-de-Luz, de Dinan et de quelques autres points du littoral océanien de la France. Journal de Conchyliologie. 13(3): 248-265, pl. 14 fig. 9 (28 June 1865); 14(1): 12-33 (31 January 1866). [Separatum: pp. 1-18 (1865); pp. 1-22 (1866)]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15133859
page(s): 257 [details]

context source (MSBIAS) Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom. (2023). 2019 The Marine Biological Association of the UK (MBA) Wembury Bioblitz survey. The Archive for Marine Species and Habitats Data (DASSH). , available online at https://portal.medin.org.uk/portal/start.php#details?tpc=010_71a02145fae5466afe757cd48b999ded [details]

basis of record Provoost, S.; Bonte, D. (Ed.) (2004). Animated dunes: a view of biodiversity at the Flemish coast [Levende duinen: een overzicht van de biodiversiteit aan de Vlaamse kust]. Mededelingen van het Instituut voor Natuurbehoud, 22. Instituut voor Natuurbehoud: Brussel, Belgium. ISBN 90-403-0205-7. 416, ill., appendices pp. (look up in IMIS) [details]