Oreohelix

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Kingdom Animalia Family Oreohelicidae Phylum Mollusca Rank Genus		Superfamily Punctoidea Scientific name Oreohelix Higher classification Oreohelicidae

Lower classifications Oreohelix subrudis, Oreohelix carinifera

Oreohelix is a genus of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Oreohelicidae.

Oreohelix is the type genus for the family Oreohelicidae.

There are about 79 species in this genus. They are native to the western United States, especially the Rocky Mountains, Great Basin, and Southwest.

Species

Species within the genus Oreohelix include:

Oreohelix alpina – alpine mountainsnail

Oreohelix amariradix – Bitter Root mountainsnail

Oreohelix anchana – Ancha mountainsnail

Oreohelix barbata – bearded mountainsnail

Oreohelix californica – Clark mountainsnail

Oreohelix carinifera – keeled mountainsnail

Oreohelix concentrata – Huachuca mountainsnail

Oreohelix confragosa – Pinos Altos mountainsnail

Oreohelix elrodi – carinate mountainsnail

Oreohelix eurekensis – Eureka mountainsnail

Oreohelix hammeri – Seven Devils mountainsnail

Oreohelix handi – spring mountainsnail

Oreohelix haydeni – lyrate mountainsnail

Oreohelix hendersoni – pallid mountainsnail

Oreohelix howardi – Mill Creek mountainsnail

Oreohelix idahoensis – costate mountainsnail

Oreohelix intersum – Deep Slide mountainsnail

Oreohelix jaegeri – Kyle Canyon mountainsnail

Oreohelix jugalis – Boulder Pile mountainsnail

Oreohelix junii – Grand Coulee mountainsnail

Oreohelix magdalenae – Magdalena mountainsnail

Oreohelix metcalfei – Black Range mountainsnail

Oreohelix nevadensis – Schell Creek mountainsnail

Oreohelix peripherica – Deseret mountainsnail

Oreohelix peripherica peripherica (Ancey, 1881)

Oreohelix peripherica wasatchensis (Binney, 1886)

Oreohelix pilsbryi – Mineral Creek mountainsnail

Oreohelix pygmaea – pygmy mountainsnail

Oreohelix socorroensis – Socorro mountainsnail

Oreohelix strigosa – rocky mountainsnail

Oreohelix subrudis – subalpine mountainsnail

Oreohelix swopei – Morgan Creek mountainsnail

Oreohelix tenuistriata – thin-ribbed mountainsnail

Oreohelix vortex – vortex banded mountainsnail

Oreohelix waltoni – lava rock mountainsnail

Oreohelix yavapai – Yavapai mountainsnail

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