''Helicigona'' is a

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of 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 ...

terrestrial Terrestrial refers to things related to land or the planet Earth, as opposed to extraterrestrial. Terrestrial may also refer to: * Terrestrial animal, an animal that lives on land opposed to living in water, or sometimes an animal that lives on o ...

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 Ariantinae of the

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Helicidae Helicidae is a large, diverse family of western Palaearctic, medium to large-sized, air-breathing land snails, sometimes called the "typical snails." It includes some of the largest European land snails, several species are common in anthropoge ...

, the typical snails.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

Anatomy

These snails create and use

love dart A love dart (also known as a gypsobelum, shooting darts, or just as darts) is a sharp, calcium carbonate, calcareous or chitinous Dart (missile), dart which some hermaphroditic land snails and slugs create. Love darts are both formed and stor ...

s during mating.

Species

Species within the genus ''Helicigona'' include: * † '' 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 ''Helicigona lapicida'' is a species of medium-sized, air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Helicidae, the typical snails.MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Helicigona lapicida (Linnaeus, 1758). A ...

'' (Linnaeus, 1758) * '' Helicigona olympica'' * '' Helicigona phocea'' * † '' Helicigona planata'' H. Binder, 2002 * ''

Helicigona planospira ''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.MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Helicigona A. Férussac ...

'' * '' Helicigona pratensis'' * '' Helicigona presli'' * ''

Helicigona quimpereana ''Helicigona'' is a genus of medium-sized, air-breathing land snails, terrestrial molluscs, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod Mollusc, mollusks in the subfamily Ariantinae of the family (biology), family Helicidae, the typical snails.MolluscaBase e ...

'' * '' Helicigona rumelica'' * '' Helicigona schmidtii'' * † ''

Helicigona schwarzbachi ''Helicigona'' is a genus of medium-sized, air-breathing land snails, terrestrial molluscs, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod Mollusc, mollusks in the subfamily Ariantinae of the family (biology), family Helicidae, the typical snails.MolluscaBase e ...

'' Schlickum & Strauch, 1979 * '' Helicigona serbica'' * '' Helicigona setigera'' * '' Helicigona setosa'' * '' Helicigona subzonata'' * '' Helicigona terceirana'' * '' Helicigona tiesenhauseni'' * '' Helicigona trizona'' * † '' Helicigona wenzi'' Soós, 1934

References

Helicidae Gastropod genera {{Helicidae-stub