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Helicinoidea

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Helicinoidea
Alcadia conuloides
Scientific classification
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Helicinoidea
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Helicinoidea is a taxonomic superfamily of land snails that have an operculum. In other words, they are terrestrial operculate gastropod mollusks. They are in the superfamily Neritoidea and are quite closely related to the marine and freshwater nerites.

Taxonomy

The following families are within according to the taxonomy by Bouchet & Rocroi (2005):

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