Biology:Helicostyla ticaonica

Short description: Species of gastropod

Helicostyla ticaonica
A shell of Helicostyla ticaonica on display at the Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Milano
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:	Camaenidae
Subfamily:	Helicostylinae
Genus:	Cochlostyla
Species:	C. ticaonica
Binomial name
Cochlostyla ticaonica (W. J. Broderip, 1841)
Synonyms
Bulimus subglobosus I. Lea, 1840 (original combination) Cochlostyla (Orthostylus) subglobosa (I. Lea, 1840) (junior synonym) Cochlostyla (Orthostylus) ticaonica (Broderip, 1841) (superseded combination) Cochlostyla (Orthostylus) ticaonica f. lutea Pilsbry, 1891 (color form) Cochlostyla subglobosa (I. Lea, 1840) (junior synonym) Helicostyla (Orthostylus) subglobosa (I. Lea, 1840) · unaccepted (junior synonym) Helicostyla (Orthostylus) ticaonica (Broderip, 1841) · unaccepted (unaccepted combination) Helix (Cochlostyla) ticaonica Broderip, 1841 (original combination) Helix ticaonica Broderip, 1841 (superseded combination)

Helicostyla ticaonica is a species of medium-sized, air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Camaenidae.

Subspecies

• Helicostyla ticaonica iloilana M. Smith, 1932
• Helicostyla ticaonica ticaonica (Broderip, 1841)

This species can be found in the Philippines. Shells can reach a length of about 55 millimetres (2.2 in).

External links

• Broderip, W. J. (1841). Description of shells collected and brought to this country by Hugh Cuming, Esq. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 8
• Lea, I. (1840). Description of nineteen new species of Colimacea. Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society. 1: 173-175
• Hidalgo, J. G. (1896). Catalogue de espèces du genre Cochlostyla, Férussac, que vivent dans les Iles Philippines. Journal de Conchyliologie. 44: 237-353
• Hidalgo, J. G. (1896). Observations sur quelques Cochlostyla des Philippines. Journal de Conchyliologie. 44: 5-46
• Hidalgo, J. G. (1891-1904). Obras malacológicas. Estudios preliminares sobre la fauna malacológica de las Islas Filipinas. Atlas. Memorias de la Real Academia de Ciencias Exactas, Físicas y Naturales de Madrid, Madrid. 170 pls
• Hidalgo, J. G. (1887). Recherches conchyliologiques de M. Quadras aux ȋles Philippines. Journal de Conchyliologie. 35: 37-58, 93-192, pls. 2-7.
• Richardson, L. (1983). Bradybaenidae: Catalog of species. Tryonia. 9: 1-253 (page(s): 163; note: Incorrectly spelled as Helicostyla ticanoica (Broderip, 1841) in Index (pp. 226, 231, 248, 250).)

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