Class Gastropoda Scientific name Helicinidae Rank Family | ||
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Similar Helicina, Subulinidae, Cyclophoridae, Orthalicidae, Neritimorpha | ||
Helicina sp helicinidae atlantic forest northern littoral of bahia brazil
Helicinidae is a family of small tropical land snails which have an operculum. They are terrestrial operculate gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Helicinoidea.
Contents
- Helicina sp helicinidae atlantic forest northern littoral of bahia brazil
- Helicinidae xanthomelanous toldo
- Distribution
- Taxonomy
- Genera
- References
These snails are not at all closely related to the air-breathing land snails, despite a superficial similarity of the shells.
Helicinidae xanthomelanous toldo
Distribution
These snails are found in tropical and subtropical areas but they have an odd distribution: they are restricted to the Caribbean islands and some Indo-Pacific and Pacific islands, as well as the edge of the Asian and Australian continents.
Taxonomy
Helicinidae belongs to superfamily Helicinoidea according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005).
This family consists of six following subfamilies (according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005):
Genera
Genera within the family Helicinidae include:
Subfamily Helicininae
subfamily Ceratodiscinae
Subfamily † Dimorphoptychiinae
Subfamily Hendersoniinae
Subfamily Stoastomatinae
Subfamily Vianinae
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