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Helicinidae

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Superfamily
  
Helicinoidea

Phylum
  
Mollusca

Class
  
Gastropoda

Scientific name
  
Helicinidae

Rank
  
Family

Helicinidae wwwhelicinadehelicinidaencspeciesjpg

Similar
  
Helicina, Subulinidae, Cyclophoridae, Orthalicidae, Neritimorpha

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Helicinidae is a family of small tropical land snails which have an operculum. They are terrestrial operculate gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Helicinoidea.

Contents

These snails are not at all closely related to the air-breathing land snails, despite a superficial similarity of the shells.

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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):

  • Helicininae Férussac, 1822 - synonym: Olygyridae Gray, 1847; Bourcierinae Paetel, 1890
  • Ceratodiscinae Pilsbry, 1927
  • † Dimorphoptychiinae Wenz, 1938
  • Hendersoniinae H. B. Baker, 1926
  • Stoastomatinae C. B. Adams, 1849
  • Vianinae H. B. Baker, 1922

    • Genera

    Genera within the family Helicinidae include:

    Subfamily Helicininae

  • Alcadia Gray, 1840
  • Bourciera Pfeiffer, 1852
  • Helicina Lamarck, 1799 - type genus of the family Helicinidae
  • Hemipoma Wagner, 1905
  • Lucidella Swainson, 1840
  • Ogasawarana Wagner, 1905
  • Olygyra Say, 1818
  • Orobophana Wagner, 1905
  • Pleuropoma Moellendorff, 1893
  • Schasicheila Shuttleworth, 1852
  • Stoastomops Baker, 1924
  • Sturanya Wagner, 1905

    • subfamily Ceratodiscinae

  • Ceratodiscus Simpson & Henderson, 1901 - type genus of the subfamily Ceratodiscinae

    • Subfamily † Dimorphoptychiinae

  • † Dimorphoptychia Sandberger, 1871 - type genus of the subfamily Dimorphoptychiinae

    • Subfamily Hendersoniinae

  • Hendersonia A. J. Wagner, 1905 - type genus of the subfamily Hendersoniinae
  • Waldemaria Wagner, 1905

    • Subfamily Stoastomatinae

  • Stoastoma C. B. Adams, 1849 - type genus of the subfamily Stoastomatinae

    • Subfamily Vianinae

  • Calidviana Baker, 1954
  • Calybium Morelet, 1891
  • Eutrochatella Fischer, 1885
  • Geophorus Fischer, 1885
  • Heudeia Crosse, 1885
  • Pseudotrochatella Nevill, 1881
  • Pyrgodomus Fischer & Crosse, 1893
  • Viana H. Adams & A. Adams, 1856 - type genus of the subfamily Vianinae

    • Subfamily ?

  • Emoda Adams, 1856
  • Glyptemoda Clench & Aguayo, 1950
  • Priotrochatella Fischer, 1893
  • Semitrochatella Aguayo & Jaume, 1958
  • Sturanyella Pilsbry & Cooke, 1934
  • Troschelviana Baker, 1922
  • Ustronia Kobelt, 1908

    • References

    Helicinidae Wikipedia
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