Helicodonta | |
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Three shells of Helicodonta obvoluta , two juveniles and one adult. Scale bar shows mm and cm | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Heterobranchia |
Order: | Stylommatophora |
Infraorder: | Helicoidei |
Superfamily: | Helicoidea |
Family: | Helicodontidae |
Genus: | Helicodonta Férussac, 1821 [1] |
Type species | |
Helix obvolutaO. F. Müller, 1774 | |
Synonyms | |
Vortex H. Beck, 1837 (Invalid: junior objective synonym of Helicodonta) Contents |
Helicodonta, common name the "cheese snail", is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the subfamily Helicodontinae of the family Helicodontidae. [2]
The common name is based on the shape of the shell, which is reminiscent of a wheel of cheese.
Species within the genus Helicodonta include:
Cochlicopa, whose species are known as pillar snails, is a genus of small air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Cochlicopidae.
Gonidomus is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Orthogibbinae of the family Streptaxidae.
Helicarion is a genus of air-breathing land snails or semislugs, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Helicarionidae.
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, the hairy snails and their allies.
Hemicycla modesta is a species of gastropod in the family Helicidae.
Pyrenaearia carascalensis is a species of small air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Hygromiidae, the hairy snails and their allies.
Bradybaena similaris, the Asian trampsnail, is a species of small, invasive land snail. It is a pulmonate gastropod terrestrial mollusc in the family Bradybaenidae. It earned the common name based on its origins, and its habit of roosting on freight containers. This habit means that this may be one of the most broadly-distributed species of terrestrial snail in the world. Bradybaena similaris is the type species of the genus Bradybaena.
Baron André Étienne Justin Pascal Joseph François d'Audebert de Férussac was a French naturalist best known for his studies of molluscs.
Cochlicella is a genus of small, narrow-shelled, air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Geomitridae, previously placed in the Helicidae, Cochlicellidae or Hygromiidae.
Helicigona is a genus of medium-sized, air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Ariantinae of the family Helicidae, the typical snails.
Cochlicella barbara, now known as Prietocella barbara, is a species of small but high-spired, air-breathing land snail, a pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Geomitridae.
Cochlodina is a genus of air-breathing land snails in the terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk family Clausiliidae, the door snails.
Monacha obstructa is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Hygromiidae, the hairy snails and their allies.
Granodomus lima is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Sagdidae.
Zachrysia auricoma is a species of air-breathing land snail, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Zachrysiidae.
Ryssota ovum, the polished muffin, is a species of large air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Helicarionidae.
Dryocochlias metaformis is a species of medium-sized, air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Camaenidae.
Hispaniolana is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Polydontinae of the family Sagdidae. The name comes from the island of Hispaniola, where all species are endemic to.
Macularia is a genus of air-breathing land snails, a pulmonate gastropod in the subfamily Helicinae of the family Helicidae, the typical snails.
Pedipes is a genus of small air-breathing snails, pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Pedipedinae of the family Ellobiidae.