| Helicella | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Order: | Stylommatophora |
| Infraorder: | Helicoidei |
| Superfamily: | Helicoidea |
| Family: | Geomitridae |
| Genus: | Helicella Férussac, 1821 [1] |
| Type species | |
| Helix italaLinnaeus, 1758 | |
| Synonyms | |
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Helicella is a genus of small to medium-sized, air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Helicellinae of the family Geomitridae, [2] the hairy snails and their allies. [3]
Species within the genus Helicella include: [4]