Helicodontidae | |
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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 |
Order: | Stylommatophora |
Suborder: | Helicina |
Infraorder: | Helicoidei |
Superfamily: | Helicoidea |
Family: | Helicodontidae Kobelt, 1904 [1] |
Type genus | |
Helicodonta A. Férussac, 1821 |
Helicodontidae (also known as Cheese snails) 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]
There are two subfamilies in the family Helicodontidae.
The type genus is Helicodonta Férussac, 1821.
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