Helicodonta
| Helicodonta | |
|---|---|
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| Three shells of Helicodonta obvoluta, two juveniles and one adult. Scale bar shows mm and cm | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Heterobranchia clade Euthyneura clade Panpulmonata clade Eupulmonata clade Stylommatophora informal group Sigmurethra |
| Superfamily: | Helicoidea |
| Family: | Helicodontidae |
| Genus: | Helicodonta Férussac, 1821[1] |
Helicodonta obvoluta, common name the "cheese snail", is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Hygromiidae, the hairy snails and their allies.
The common name is based on the shape of the shell, which is reminiscent of a wheel of cheese.
Species
Species within the genus Helicodonta include:
- Helicodonta albanica Wagner, 1914
- Helicodonta angigyra (Rossmässler, 1834)
- Helicodonta langhofferi Wagner, 1912
- Helicodonta obvoluta (Müller, 1774)
- Helicodonta wilhelminae Maassen, 1991
References
- ↑ Férussac, A. E. J. P. J. F. d'Audebard de [1821-1822]. Tableaux systématiques des animaux mollusques classés en familles naturelles, dans lesquels on a établi la concordance de tous les systèmes; suivis d'un prodrome général pour tous les mollusques terrestres ou fluviatiles, vivants ou fossiles. pp. j-xlvij [= 1-47], [1], 1-110, [1]. Paris, Londres. (Bertrand, Sowerby).
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