Biology:Helicodontidae
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Short description: Family of gastropods
| Helicodontidae | |
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| Three shells of Helicodonta obvoluta, two juveniles and one adult. Scale bar shows mm and cm | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Heterobranchia |
| Order: | Stylommatophora |
| Suborder: | Helicina |
| Infraorder: | Helicoidei |
| Superfamily: | Helicoidea |
| Family: | Helicodontidae Kobelt, 1904[1] |
| Type genus | |
| Helicodonta A. Férussac, 1821 | |
Helicodontidae 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]
Subfamilies and genera
There are two subfamilies in the family Helicodontidae.
The type genus is Helicodonta Férussac, 1821.
- subfamily Helicodontinae Kobelt, 1904 - synonym: Gonostomatinae Kobelt, 1904, Drepanostomatini Schileyko, 1991
- Atenia Gittenberger, 1968
- Darderia Altaba, 2006
- Drepanostoma Porro, 1836
- Falkneria H. Nordsieck, 1989
- Helicodonta Férussac, 1821
- Soosia Hesse, 1918
- subfamily Lindholmiolinae Schileyko, 1978
- Lindholmiola Hesse, 1931
References
- ↑ Kobelt. 1904. Iconographie der Land- & Süsswasser-Mollusken. New series, 11: 131.
- ↑ MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Helicodontidae Kobelt, 1904. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=887087 on 2021-02-01
Wikidata ☰ Q975854 entry
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