Helix vladika

Helix vladika is a species of large, air-breathing land snail native to Montenegro and Serbia. It has a brown, conical shell. It is the largest land snail species in Europe. Typical habitat are beech forests. The species is closely related to Helix straminea.^[1]

Helix vladika
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Order:	Stylommatophora
Family:	Helicidae
Subfamily:	Helicinae
Tribe:	Helicini
Genus:	Helix
Species:	H. vladika
Binomial name
Helix vladika (Kobelt, 1898)
Synonyms
Helix (Helicogena) wohlberedti Kobelt, 1905 (junior synonym) Helix (Helicogena) wohlberedti var. poljensis Kobelt, 1905 (junior synonym) Helix (Helix) vladica (Kobelt, 1898) alternate representation Helix secernenda var. insignis Brancsik, 1890 (invalid: junior homonym of H. insignis Zieten, 183) Helix vladica pomatiaeformis Kobelt, 1905 (junior synonym) Pomatia vladica Kobelt, 1898 (original combination)