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Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
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 (3): HelicodontinaeLindholmiolinaeSoosiinae
Overview of genera (7 + 2†)

AteniaDarderia – Drepanostoma – Falkneria – Helicodonta – Lindholmiola – Soosia – †Prosoosia – †Protodrepanostoma
Name

Helicodontidae Kobelt, 1904
References

Kobelt, W. 1904. Iconographie der Land- & Süsswasser-Mollusken mit vorzügl. Berücksichtigung der europäischen noch nicht abgebildeten Arten (n.s.) 11: 131. Wiesbaden: Kreidel. Reference page.

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Helicodontidae in the World Register of Marine Species

Helicodontidae (also known as Cheese snails) is a family of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Helicoidea (according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005).[2]
Subfamilies and genera

There are two subfamilies in the family Helicodontidae.

The type genus is Helicodonta Férussac, 1821.

subfamily Helicodontinae Kobelt, 1904 - synonym: Gonostomatinae Kobelt, 1904, Drepanostomatini Schileyko, 1991
Atenia Gittenberger, 1968
Darderia Altaba, 2006
Drepanostoma Porro, 1836
Falkneria H. Nordsieck, 1989
Helicodonta Férussac, 1821
Soosia Hesse, 1918
subfamily Lindholmiolinae Schileyko, 1978
Lindholmiola Hesse, 1931

References

Kobelt. 1904. Iconographie der Land- & Süsswasser-Mollusken. New series, 11: 131.
MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Helicodontidae Kobelt, 1904. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=887087 on 2021-02-01

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