original description
(of Helix (Xerophila) metabola Westerlund, 1889) Westerlund, C. A. (1889). <i>Fauna der in der paläarctischen Region (Europa, Kaukasien, Sibirien, Turan, Persien, Kurdistan, Armenien, Mesopotamien, Kleinasien, Syrien, Arabien, Egypten, Tripolis, Tunesien, Algerien und Marocco) lebenden Binnenconchylien. II. Gen. Helix</i>. Berlin: R. Friedländer. pp. 473 + 31 (Register)., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10893365
page(s): 236 [details]
basis of record
Bank, R. A.; Neubert, E. (2017). Checklist of the land and freshwater Gastropoda of Europe. Last update: July 16th, 2017. [details]
From editor or global species database
Taxonomic remark This taxon had been considered an early name for the Cernuella species from Lampedusa. However, Helix metabola Westerlund, 1889, is based on juvenile specimens of Theba pisana (Falkner in IUCN Red List under Cernuella lampedusa), and thus is a synonym of this species. [details]