Biology:Helicigona

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Short description: Genus of gastropods

Helicigona
Helicigona lapicida PaR cropped.JPG
Helicigona lapicida
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Heterobranchia
Order: Stylommatophora
Superfamily: Helicoidea
Family: Helicidae
Subfamily: Ariantinae
Genus: Helicigona
Férussac, 1821[1]
Type species
Helix lapicida Linnaeus, 1758
Synonyms
  • Chilotrema W. Turton, 1831
  • Helicigona (Helicigona) A. Férussac, 1821· accepted, alternate representation
  • Helix (Helicigona) Férussac, 1821
  • Latomus Fitzinger, 1833
  • Lenticula Held, 1838

Helicigona is a genus of medium-sized, air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Ariantinae of the family Helicidae, the typical snails.[2][3]

Anatomy

These snails create and use love darts during mating.

The love dart of Helicigona lapicida

Species

Species within the genus Helicigona include:[4]

  • Helicigona atava Wenz, 1927
  • Helicigona banatica
  • Helicigona chaignoni (Locard, 1883)
  • 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 (Linnaeus, 1758)
  • Helicigona olympica
  • Helicigona phocea
  • Helicigona planata H. Binder, 2002
  • Helicigona planospira
  • Helicigona pratensis
  • Helicigona presli
  • Helicigona quimpereana
  • Helicigona rumelica
  • Helicigona schmidtii
  • Helicigona schwarzbachi Schlickum & Strauch, 1979
  • Helicigona serbica
  • Helicigona setigera
  • Helicigona setosa
  • Helicigona subzonata
  • Helicigona terceirana
  • Helicigona tiesenhauseni
  • Helicigona trizona
  • Helicigona wenzi Soós, 1934

References

  1. 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.
  2. "Helicigona". https://www.uniprot.org/taxonomy/145623. 
  3. MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Helicigona A. Férussac, 1821. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=871104 on 2021-02-01
  4. "Helicigona (Genus)". http://zipcodezoo.com/Key/Animalia/Helicigona_Genus.asp. 

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