Helix straminea

{{Short description|Species of snail}}

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| status = LC

| status_system = IUCN3.1

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| taxon = Helix straminea

| parent = Helix (Helix)

| authority = Briganti 1825

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• Helix (Helix) straminea Briganti, 1825 · alternate representation
• Helix lucorum var. annosa Mascarini, 1892 (junior synonym)
• Helix lucorum var. candida Mascarini, 1892 (junior synonym)
• Helix straminea var. elongata Bourguignat, 1860 (invalid: junior homonym of H....)
• Helix straminiformis Bourguignat, 1876 (junior synonym)
• Helix yleobia Bourguignat, 1883 (junior synonym)

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Helix straminea is a species of large, air-breathing land snail native to North Macedonia, Albania and Italy.{{Cite journal |last1=Petraccioli |first1=A. |last2=Niero |first2=I. |last3=Carandente |first3=F. |last4=Crovato |first4=P. |last5=de VICO |first5=G. |last6=Odierna |first6=G. |last7=Picariello |first7=O. L. A. |last8=Tardy |first8=E. |last9=Viglietti |first9=S. |last10=Guarino |first10=F. M. |last11=Maio |first11=N. |date=2021-01-01 |title=Helix straminea Briganti, 1825 in Italy (Gastropoda: Pulmonata): taxonomic history, morphology, biology, distribution, and phylogeny |journal=The European Zoological Journal |language=en |volume=88 |issue=1 |pages=390–416 |doi=10.1080/24750263.2021.1892217 |issn=2475-0263|doi-access=free }}{{Cite journal |last1=Korábek |first1=Ondřej |last2=Juřičková |first2=Lucie |last3=Petrusek |first3=Adam |date=2021-12-31 |title=Diversity of Land Snail Tribe Helicini (Gastropoda: Stylommatophora: Helicidae): Where Do We Stand after 20 Years of Sequencing Mitochondrial Markers? |journal=Diversity |language=en |volume=14 |issue=1 |pages=24 |doi=10.3390/d14010024 |issn=1424-2818|doi-access=free }}MolluscaBase eds. (2023). MolluscaBase. Helix straminea Briganti, 1825. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1050290 on 2023-08-22

It is closely related to Helix vladika, but it is similar to some colour forms of H. lucorum, with which it used to be confused.{{Cite journal |last1=Korábek |first1=Ondřej |last2=Juřičková |first2=Lucie |last3=Petrusek |first3=Adam |date=2014 |title=Resurrecting Helix straminea , a forgotten escargot with trans-Adriatic distribution: first insights into the genetic variation within the genus Helix (Gastropoda: Pulmonata) |url=http://doi.wiley.com/10.1111/zoj.12122 |journal=Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society |language=en |volume=171 |issue=1 |pages=72–91 |doi=10.1111/zoj.12122|s2cid=82751112 }}