| Helix goderdziana | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Order: | Stylommatophora |
| Family: | Helicidae |
| Genus: | Helix |
| Species: | H. goderdziana |
| Binomial name | |
| Helix goderdziana Mumladze, Tarkhnishvili & Pokryszko, 2008 | |
Helix goderdziana is a species of large air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Helicidae, the typical snail.
This is the largest species in the genus Helix.
Distribution
This species occurs in the Lesser Caucasus in southwestern Georgia Takes its name from the Goderdzi Pass where it originates. It is the largest non-tropical Eurasian land snail. Presents a 68 mm diameter shell, larger than any other species in the genus, a pale yellowish-brown foot, and shorter glands.
Biotope
This snail lives in humid mountain forests.
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
- Mumladze, Levan; Tarkhnishvili, David; Murtskhvaladze, Marine (2013). "Systematics and Evolutionary History of Large Endemic Snails from the Caucasus (Helix buchii and H. goderdziana) (Helicidae)". American Malacological Bulletin. 31 (2): 225–234. doi:10.4003/006.031.0202.
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| Helix goderdziana | |
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