Helix ligata

Helix ligata is a species of large, air-breathing land snail native to central and southern Italy.

Taxonomy
Helix ligata is one of 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