Helicigona
| Helicigona | |
|---|---|
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| Helicigona lapicida | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Heterobranchia clade Euthyneura |
| Superfamily: | Helicoidea |
| Family: | Helicidae |
| Genus: | Helicigona Férussac, 1821 |
Helicigona is a genus of medium-sized, air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Helicidae, the typical snails.[1]
Anatomy
The love dart of Helicigona lapicida
These snails create and use love darts during mating.
Species
Species within the genus Helicigona include:[2]
- Helicigona banatica
- Helicigona cingulata
- Helicigona cingulella
- Helicigona cornea
- Helicigona cyclolabis
- Helicigona eichwaldi
- Helicigona faustina
- Helicigona foeteus
- Helicigona furva
- Helicigona glacialis
- Helicigona hoffmanni
- Helicigona insolita
- Helicigona kleciachi
- Helicigona lapicida
- Helicigona olympica
- Helicigona phocea
- Helicigona planospira
- Helicigona pratensis
- Helicigona presli
- Helicigona quimpereana
- Helicigona rumelica
- Helicigona schmidtii
- Helicigona serbica
- Helicigona setigera
- Helicigona setosa
- Helicigona terceirana
- Helicigona tiesenhauseni
- Helicigona trizona
References
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