Crocidura heljanensis Vesmanis, 1975 . Senckenberg. Biol., 56:12.

TYPE LOCALITY: Algeria, Oran, Heljani, near St. Eugene .

DISTRIBUTION: Algeria; Morocco.

COMMENT: May be conspecific with russula; see Jenkins, 1976, Mammalia, 40: 166; but also see Vesmanis and Vesmanis, 1979, Zool. Abh. Mus. Tierk. Dresden, 36(2):54, who considered heljanensis a distinct species.