Hemicycla

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Hemicycla
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Shell of Hemicycla ethelema
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Heterobranchia
Order: Stylommatophora
Family: Helicidae
Subfamily: Helicinae
Tribe: Allognathini
Genus: Hemicycla
Swainson, 1840 [1]
Type species
Helix plicariaLamarck, 1816
Synonyms
  • Helix (Hemicycla)Swainson, 1840
  • Helix (Mycena)Albers, 1850 (objective junior synonym )
  • Hemicycla (Adiverticula)Alonso & Ibáñez, 1988· accepted, alternate representation
  • Hemicycla (Hemicycla)Swainson, 1840· accepted, alternate representation
  • MycenaAlbers, 1850 (objective junior synonym)

Hemicycla is a genus of medium-sized air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropods in the family Helicidae, the typical snails. [2]

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Species

Species within the genus Hemicycla include:

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References

  1. Swainson W. J. (1840). Treat. Malacol.164: 331.
  2. MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Hemicycla Swainson, 1840. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=996423 on 2021-02-27
  3. Yanes Y., Martín J., Artiles M., Moro L., Alonso M. R. & Ibáñez M. (2009). "Rediscovery and redescription of an almost unknown Hemicycla species (Gastropoda, Pulmonata, Helicidae): H. eurythyra O. Boettger 1908 from Tenerife, Canary Islands". Journal of Conchology 40(1): 31-36. abstract.