Helix goderdziana

Helix goderdziana
Scientific classification
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[1]

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.[1]

Distribution

This species occurs in the Lesser Caucasus in southwestern Georgia[1] Takes its name from the Goderdzi Pass where it originates. It is the largest non-tropical Eurasian land snail.[2] Presents a 68 mm diameter shell, larger than any other species in the genus, a pale yellowish-brown foot, and shorter glands.[1]

Biotope

This snail lives in humid mountain forests.[1]

References

1. 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
2. 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.