Helicodiscus
Helicodiscus is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Helicodiscidae.
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| (unranked): | clade Heterobranchia clade Euthyneura clade Panpulmonata clade Eupulmonata clade Stylommatophora informal group Sigmurethra |
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| Genus: | Helicodiscus E. S. Morse, 1864[1] |
Species
Species within the genus Helicodiscus include:
- Helicodiscus diadema
- Helicodiscus eigenmanni (Chamberlin and Berry, 1929) - Mexican coil[2]
- Helicodiscus hexodon
- Helicodiscus parallelus - the type species
References
- Morse, E. S. 1864. Observations on the terrestrial Pulmonifera, including a catalogue of all species of terrestrial and fluviatile Mollusca known to inhabit the state. Journal of the Portland Society of Natural History 1 (1): 1-63, Pl. I-II [= 1-2 ], 3-10.
- "Helicodiscus eigenmanni". Utah Division of Wildlife Resources. Archived from the original on May 18, 2017. Retrieved May 18, 2017.
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