The species of the genus Helix Linnaeus, 1758 from the eastern part of Europe and Near
East are revised. Based on the investigation of thousands of shells and more than 100 …

The vast diversity of land snail forms is insufficiently understood even in seemingly familiar
taxa. This holds for Helix Linnaeus, 1758, a genus with several common edible species …

There is a large number of Helicidae land snails native to the Western Palearctic, many of
which have become invasive species in other parts of the world. In the past, multiple helicid …

The systematics and biogeographical history of the Eastern Mediterranean and
Macaronesian land snail tribe Allognathini (Helicidae: Helicinae) is investigated based on …

Helix is a genus of large Western Palaearctic land snails, particularly diverse in the
Mediterranean region. Despite the large size and attractiveness of its members, it has an …

We report an unusual biogeographical disjunction between the western and the eastern
Mediterranean region. Cornu (Gastropoda: Helicidae) is a western Mediterranean land snail …

The affinities and detailed phylogeny of the tribe Otalini of the Helicidae are elucidated from
DNA sequence data, derived from all the recognised genera and most of the NW African …

We applied an integrative approach to re-evaluate the taxonomy of the conchologically
highly diverse land snail genus Rossmaessleria from the Rif Mountains in Morocco and from …

The generic allocation of Helix subaperta is clarified by using genetic data and
morphological traits of the genital organs; its position within the hitherto monotypic genus …

The ant genus Myrmecina, whose diversity is mostly concentrated in SE-Asia and Oceania,
counts four W-Palearctic species. The extremely euryecious and well-studied Myrmecina …