Biology:Thalassohelix

Short description: Species of gastropod

Thalassohelix
Shell of Thalassohelix antipoda (syntype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Heterobranchia
Order:	Stylommatophora
Suborder:	Helicina
Superfamily:	Punctoidea
Family:	Charopidae
Genus:	Thalassohelix Pilsbry, 1892
Type species
Helix zelandiae Gray, 1843
Synonyms
Flammulina (Thalassohelix) Pilsbry, 1892 Gerontia (Thalassohelix) Pilsbry, 1892

Thalassohelix is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Therasiinae of the family Charopidae.

Species

• Thalassohelix antipoda (Hombron & Jacquinot, 1841)
• Thalassohelix chathamensis (Suter, 1909)
• Thalassohelix igniflua (Reeve, 1852)
• Thalassohelix laingi (Suter, 1905)
• Thalassohelix obnubila (Reeve, 1852)
• Thalassohelix zelandiae (Gray, 1843)

Synonyms

• Thalassohelix minuta N. W. Gardner, 1967 accepted as Laomarex minuta (N. W. Gardner, 1967)
• Thalassohelix propinqua (F. W. Hutton, 1882) accepted as Therasia propinqua (F. W. Hutton, 1882)
• Thalassohelix prousei Powell, 1952 accepted as Phacussa prousei (Powell, 1952)
• Thalassohelix pygmaea Suter, 1913 accepted as Phrixgnathus celia F. W. Hutton, 1883
• Thalassohelix regia N. W. Gardner, 1968 accepted as Laomarex regia (N. W. Gardner, 1968)
• Thalassohelix translucens Gabriel, 1934 accepted as Mulathena fordei (Brazier, 1871) (junior synonym)

References

• Bank, R. A. (2017). Classification of the Recent terrestrial Gastropoda of the World. Last update: July 16, 2017

External links

• Pilsbry, H. A. (1892). Observations on the helices of New Zealand. The Nautilus. 6(5): 54-57

Wikidata ☰ Q21224492 entry