Delphinatia

Delphinatia
Shell of Delphinatia fontenillii (specimen at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Order:	Stylommatophora
Family:	Helicidae
Genus:	Delphinatia P. Hesse, 1931
Type species
Helix alpinaMichaud, 1831
Synonyms
Chilostoma (Delphinatia)P. Hesse, 1931 Helicigona (Delphinatia)P. Hesse, 1931 superseded rank

Delphinatia is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Helicidae, the typical snails. ^[1]

Species

• Delphinatia fontenillii (Michaud, 1829)
• Delphinatia glacialis (A. Férussac, 1832)

References

1. MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Delphinatia P. Hesse, 1931. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=871099 on 2020-10-18

Sources

• Hesse, P. (1931). Zur Anatomie und Systematik palaearktischer Stylommatophoren. Zoologica, 81 [= 31 (1/2)]: 1-118, pl. 1-16. Stuttgart.
• Groenenberg D.S.J., Subai P. & Gittenberger E. (2016). Systematics of Ariantinae (Gastropoda, Pulmonata, Helicidae), a new approach to an old problem. Contributions to Zoology. 85(1): 37–65.