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Helicodiscidae

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Scientific name
  
Helicodiscidae

Rank
  
Family

Superfamily
  
Punctoidea

Phylum
  
Mollusca

Helicodiscidae

Lower classifications
  
Helicodiscus, Virginia fringed mountain snail, Helicodiscus diadema

Helicodiscidae is a family of small air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Punctoidea (according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005).

Genera

The family Helicodiscidae has no subfamilies.

Genera within the family include:

  • Helicodiscus - the type genus
  • Lucilla Lowe, 1852
  • Polygyriscus
  • Radiodiscus - may belong in the Charopidae
  • Stenopylis
  • Zilchogyra
  • References

    Helicodiscidae Wikipedia