Helix saxaea Bourguignat in Locard, 1894 · (junior synonym)
Helix saxaea var. nicaeensis Caziot, 1909 · (suspected synonym)
Helix valcourtiana Bourguignat in Servain, 1880 · (junior synonym)
Helix xenilica Servain, 1880 ·
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The 5.4-8.1 × 7.4-12.2mm. shell of this species has, in comparison with Candidula intersecta, whorls that increase more rapidly, the inside of the umbilicus is very narrow, but remarkably wider at last whorl. The shell is light brown or sandy-coloured with pale colour bands. It is usually flatter and larger than the shell of C. intersecta.[2]
Distribution
This species is known to occur in a number of Western European countries and islands including:
Studer, S. (1820). Kurzes Verzeichnis der bis jetzt in unserm Vaterlande entdeckten Conchylien. Naturwissenschaftlicher Anzeiger der Allgemeinen Schweizerischen Gesellschaft für die Gesammten Naturwissenschaften, 3 (11): 83–90; (12): 91–94. Bern
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