Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Spiralia
Cladus: Lophotrochozoa
Phylum: Mollusca
Classis: Gastropoda
Subclassis: Heterobranchia
Infraclassis: Euthyneura
Cohors: Tectipleura
Subcohors: Panpulmonata
Superordo: Eupulmonata
Ordo: Stylommatophora
Subordo: Helicina
Infraordo: Helicoidei
Superfamilia: Helicoidea
Familia: Helicodontidae
Subfamilia: Helicodontinae
Genus: Helicodonta
Species: H. angigyra – H. langhofferi – H. obvoluta – H. wilhelminae
Name
Helicodonta (Férussac, 1821)
References
Primary references
Férussac, A.E.J.P.J.F. d'Audebard de. 1821. 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]. BHL DOI: 10.5962/bhl.title.10558 Reference page.
Helicodonta, common name the "cheese snail", is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the subfamily Helicodontinae of the family Helicodontidae. [2]
The common name is based on the shape of the shell, which is reminiscent of a wheel of cheese.
Species
Species within the genus Helicodonta include:
Helicodonta angigyra (Rossmässler, 1834)
Helicodonta langhofferi Wagner, 1912
Helicodonta obvoluta (Müller, 1774)
Helicodonta wilhelminae Maassen, 1991
Species brought into synonymy
Helicodonta gyria (J. R. Roth, 1839) : synonym of Lindholmiola gyria (J. R. Roth, 1839) (unaccepted combination)
Helicodonta hispanica Gude, 1910 : synonym of Suboestophora hispanica (Gude, 1910) (original combination)
Helicodonta involuta (Thomä, 1845) † : synonym of Protodrepanostoma involutum (Thomä, 1845) † (new combination)
Helicodonta planorbiformis (Sacco, 1886) † : synonym of Protodrepanostoma planorbiforme (Sacco, 1886) †
Helicodonta sculpturata Gray, 1838 : synonym of Sculptaria sculpturata (Gray, 1838) (original combination)
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. (Bertrand, Sowerby).
MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Helicodonta A. Férussac, 1821. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=887088 on 2021-02-01
Bank, R. A. (2017). Classification of the Recent terrestrial Gastropoda of the World. Last update: July 16th, 2017
Zilch, A. (1959-1960). Gastropoda. Teil 2. Euthyneura. In: O.H. Schindewolf (ed.), Handbuch der Paläozoologie, 6 (2, 1): 1-200 (17 July 1959); (2, 2): 201-400 (25 November 1959); (2, 3): 401-600 (30 March 1960); (2, 4): 601-834, I-XII (15 August 1960). Berlin (Borntraeger).
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