Helicella
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| Two views of a shell of Helicella itala | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Order: | Stylommatophora |
| Family: | Geomitridae |
| Genus: | Helicella Férussac, 1821[1] |
Helicella is a genus of small to medium-sized, air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Hygromiidae, the hairy snails and their allies.
Species
Species within the genus Helicella include:[2]
- Helicella bolenensis (Locard, 1882)
- Helicella cistorum (Morelet, 1845)
- Helicella iberica (Rambur, 1869)
- Helicella itala (Linnaeus, 1758) - type species
- Helicella juglans (Gittenberger, 1991)
- Helicella nubigena (Saulcy, 1852)
- Helicella ordunensis (Kobelt, 1883)
- Helicella orzai (Gittenberger & Manga, 1981)
- Helicella sabulivaga (Mabille, 1881)
- Helicella stiparum (Rossmässler, 1854)
- Helicella striatitala (Prieto, 1985)
- Helicella valdeona (Gittenberger & Manga, 1977)
synonyms:
- Helicella bierzona is a synonym for Xerotricha bierzona (Gittenberger & Manga, 1977)
- Helicella gasulli is a synonym for Xerotricha gasulli (Ortiz de Zarate, 1950)
- Helicella mariae is a synonym for Xerotricha mariae (Gasull, 1972)
- Helicella zaratei is a synonym for Xerotricha zaratei (Gittenberger & Manga, 1977)
- Helicella zujarensis is a synonym for Xerotricha zujarensis (Ortiz de Zarate, 1950)
References
- ^ Férussac A. E. J. P. J. F. d'Audebard de [1821-1822]. Tableaux systématiques des animaux mollusques classés en familles naturelles, dans lesquels on a établi la concordance de tous les systèmes; suivis d'un prodrome général pour tous les mollusques terrestres ou fluviatiles, vivants ou fossiles. pp. j-xlvij [= 1-47], [1], 1-110, [1]. Paris, Londres.
- ^ "Species in genus Helicella". AnimalBase, accessed 29 June 2010.
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