''Helicella'' is a
genus
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of small to medium-sized, air-breathing
land snail
A land snail is any of the numerous species of snail that live on land, as opposed to the sea snails and freshwater snails. ''Land snail'' is the common name for terrestrial molluscs, terrestrial gastropod mollusks that have gastropod shell, shel ...
s,
terrestrial pulmonate
Pulmonata or pulmonates is an informal group (previously an order, and before that, a subclass) of snails and slugs characterized by the ability to breathe air, by virtue of having a pallial lung instead of a gill, or gills. The group inclu ...
gastropod
Gastropods (), commonly known as slugs and snails, belong to a large Taxonomy (biology), taxonomic class of invertebrates within the phylum Mollusca called Gastropoda ().
This class comprises snails and slugs from saltwater, freshwater, and fro ...
mollusk
Mollusca is a phylum of protostomic invertebrate animals, whose members are known as molluscs or mollusks (). Around 76,000 extant species of molluscs are recognized, making it the second-largest animal phylum after Arthropoda. The ...
s in the subfamily Helicellinae of the family
Geomitridae
Geomitridae is a taxonomic family of small to medium-sized air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Helicoidea
Helicoidea is a Taxonomy (biology), taxonomic Taxonomic rank, superfamily of air-b ...
, the hairy snails and their allies.
[MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Helicella A. Férussac, 1821. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=153980 on 1 February 2021]
Species
Species within the genus ''Helicella'' include:
"Species in genus ''Helicella''"
AnimalBase
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, accessed 29 June 2010.
* '' Helicella bolenensis'' (Locard, 1882)
* '' Helicella candoni'' Thach, 2018
* '' Helicella cistorum'' (Morelet, 1845)
* '' Helicella iberica'' (Rambur, 1869)
* '' Helicella itala'' (Linnaeus, 1758) – type species
* '' Helicella juglans'' (Gittenberger, 1991)
* '' Helicella nubigena'' (Saulcy, 1852)
* '' Helicella ordunensis'' (Kobelt, 1883)
* '' Helicella orzai'' (Gittenberger & Manga, 1981)
* '' Helicella sabulivaga'' (Mabille, 1881)
* '' Helicella stiparum'' (Rossmässler, 1854)
* † '' Helicella striataformis'' (Lörenthey, 1906)
* '' Helicella striatitala'' Prieto, 1985
* '' Helicella valdeona'' (Gittenberger & Manga, 1977)
;Synonyms:
* ''Helicella arcadiana'' Schileyko, 1967: synonym of '' Kalitinaia arcadiana'' (Schileyko, 1967) (original combination)
* ''Helicella barcinensis'' (Bourguignat, 1868): synonym of '' Xerotricha barcinensis'' (Bourguignat, 1868) ( superseded combination)
* ''Helicella bierzona''E. Gittenberger & Manga, 1977: synonym for '' Xerotricha bierzona'' (Gittenberger & Manga, 1977)
* ''Helicella cobosi'' Ortiz de Zárate López, 1962: synonym of '' Xerocrassa cobosi'' (Ortiz de Zárate López, 1962) (original combination)
* ''Helicella corderoi'' E. Gittenberger & Manga, 1977: synonym of '' Xerotricha corderoi'' (E. Gittenberger & Manga, 1977) (original combination)
* ''Helicella depulsa'' L. Pintér, 1969: synonym of '' Xerolenta depulsa'' (L. Pintér, 1969) (superseded combination, basionym)
* ''Helicella erjaveci'' Brusina, 1870: synonym of ''Vitrea erjaveci
''Vitrea'' is a genus of small, air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod molluscs in the family Pristilomatidae.MolluscaBase eds. (2023). MolluscaBase. Vitrea Fitzinger, 1833. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Specie ...
'' (Brusina, 1870) (original combination)
* ''Helicella frater'' (Dohrn & Heynemann, 1862): synonym of '' Xerocrassa frater'' (Dohrn & Heynemann, 1862) (chresonym)
* ''Helicella gasulli'': synonym for '' Xerotricha gasulli'' (Ortiz de Zarate, 1950)
* ''Helicella jamuzensis'' E. Gittenberger & Manga, 1977: synonym of '' Xerotricha jamuzensis'' (E. Gittenberger & Manga, 1977) (original combination)
* ''Helicella macedonica'' P. Hesse, 1928: synonym of '' Xerolenta macedonica'' (P. Hesse, 1928) (original combination)
* ''Helicella mangae'' E. Gittenberger & Raven, 1982: synonym of '' Xerotricha gonzalezi'' (Azpeitia, 1925)
* ''Helicella mariae'':synonym for '' Xerotricha mariae'' (Gasull, 1972)
* ''Helicella mayeri'' Gude, 1914: synonym of '' Microxeromagna lowei'' (Potiez & Michaud, 1838) (junior synonym)
* ''Helicella nitida'' (O. F. Müller, 1774): synonym of '' Zonitoides nitidus'' (O. F. Müller, 1774) (superseded combination)
* ''Helicella obvia'' (Menke, 1828): synonym of '' Xerolenta obvia'' (Menke, 1828)(superseded combination)
* ''Helicella paul-hessei'' Lindholm, 1936: synonym of ''Helicopsis paulhessei'' (Lindholm, 1936): synonym of ''Helicopsis filimargo filimargo'' (Krynicki, 18 33): synonym of ''Helicopsis filimargo
''Helicopsis filimargo'' is a species of air-breathing land snail, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusc in the family GeomitridaeMolluscaBase eds. (2022). MolluscaBase. * Helicopsis filimargo (Krynicki, 1833). Accessed through: World Regist ...
'' (Krynicki, 1833) (original combination)
* †''Helicella phrygostriata'' (Oppenheim, 1919): synonym of † '' Helicopsis phrygostriata'' (Oppenheim, 1919)
* ''Helicella rhabdotoides'' (A. J. Wagner, 1928) synonym of '' Candidula rhabdotoides'' (A. J. Wagner, 1928) (invalid combination)
* ''Helicella seetzeni'' (L. Pfeiffer, 1847): synonym of '' Xerocrassa seetzeni'' (L. Pfeiffer, 1847)
* ''Helicella spiruloides'' A. J. Wagner in Hesse, 1916: synonym of '' Xerolenta spiruloides'' (A. J. Wagner, 1916) (original combination)
* ''Helicella syrensis'' (L. Pfeiffer, 1846): synonym of '' Candidula syrensis'' (L. Pfeiffer, 1846) (superseded combination)
* ''Helicella tumulorum'' (Webb & Berthelot, 1833): synonym of '' Monilearia tumulorum'' (Webb & Berthelot, 1833) (chresonym)
* ''Helicella turolensis'' Ortiz de Zárate López, 1963: synonym of '' Xerocrassa turolensis'' (Ortiz de Zárate López, 1963) (original combination)
* ''Helicella virgata'' (da Costa, 1778): synonym of ''Cernuella virgata
''Cernuella virgata'', also known as ''Helicella virgata'', common name, the "vineyard snail", is a species of small, air-breathing land snail, a pulmonate gastropod mollusc in the family Geomitridae.MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Cer ...
'' (Da Costa, 1778) (superseded generic combination)
* ''Helicella zaratei'': synonym for '' Xerotricha zaratei'' (Gittenberger & Manga, 1977)
* ''Helicella zujarensis'': synonym for '' Xerotricha zujarensis'' (Ortiz de Zarate, 1950)
;Taxa inquirenda:
* ''Helicella hamacenica'' (Bourguignat, 1883))
* † ''Helicella libidinosa'' Steklov, 1966
* ''Helicella subnivellina'' (Bourguignat, 1883)
* † ''Helicella sunzhica'' Steklov, 1966
References
* Vaught, K.C.; Tucker Abbott, R.; Boss, K.J. (1989). A classification of the living Mollusca. American Malacologists: Melbourne. . XII, 195 pp.
External links
Férussac, A. E. J. P. 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 ou fluviatiles, vivantes ou fossiles. Paris, 1821 et 1822
Monterosato, T. A. di. (1892). Molluschi terrestri delle isole adiacenti alla Sicilia. Atti della Reale Accademia di Scienze, Lettere e Belle Arti di Palermo. 3rd Series, 2: 1–34
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Gastropod genera
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