Helicodontidae

Helicodontidae 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]

Helicodontidae
Three shells of Helicodonta obvoluta, two juveniles and one adult. Scale bar shows mm and cm
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Heterobranchia
Superorder: Eupulmonata
Order: Stylommatophora
Suborder: Helicina
Infraorder: Helicoidei
Superfamily: Helicoidea
Family: Helicodontidae
Kobelt, 1904[1]
Type genus
Helicodonta A. Férussac, 1821

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
  • subfamily Lindholmiolinae Schileyko, 1978

References

  1. Kobelt. 1904. Iconographie der Land- & Süsswasser-Mollusken. New series, 11: 131.
  2. 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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