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Neohelix

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Family
  
Polygyridae

Phylum
  
Mollusca

Rank
  
Genus

Superfamily
  
Helicoidea

Scientific name
  
Neohelix

Higher classification
  
Polygyridae

Neohelix wwwcarnegiemnhorgsciencemollusksstyleimages

Lower classifications
  
Neohelix albolabris, Neohelix dentifera, Neohelix divesta, Neohelix multilineata

Snail neohelix albolabris eating lettuce


Neohelix is a genus (or a subgenus under Triodopsis) of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Polygyridae.

Contents

The shells of Neohelix are not distinguishable from those of the genus Mesodon, but the reproductive anatomy of the two groups of snails is different.

Neohelix species snail from south carolina


Species

Species within the genus Neohelix include:

  • Neohelix albolabris
  • Neohelix dentifera
  • Neohelix divesta
  • Neohelix multilineata
  • References

    Neohelix Wikipedia