Helicigona
Appearance
Helicigona | |
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Helicigona lapicida | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Order: | Stylommatophora |
Superfamily: | Helicoidea |
Family: | Helicidae |
Subfamily: | Ariantinae |
Genus: | Helicigona Férussac, 1821[1] |
Type species | |
Helix lapicida Linnaeus, 1758 | |
Synonyms | |
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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.
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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
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- ^ 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.
- ^ "Helicigona".
- ^ 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
- ^ "Helicigona (Genus)". zipcodezoo.com. Archived from the original on 2012-03-29.