Helicigona
| Helicigona | |
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| Helicigona lapicida | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Order: | Stylommatophora |
| Superfamily: | Helicoidea |
| Family: | Helicidae |
| Subfamily: | Ariantinae |
| Genus: | Helicigona Férussac, 1821[1] |
| Type species | |
| Helix lapicida Linnaeus, 1758 | |
| Synonyms | |
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Helicigona is a genus of medium-sized, air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod molluscs in the subfamily Ariantinae of the family Helicidae, the typical snails.[2][3]
Anatomy
[edit]These snails create and use love darts during mating.
Species
[edit]Species within the genus Helicigona include:[3]
- Helicigona kaeufeli Knipper, 1939 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
- Helicigona korabensis Subai, 1997 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
- Helicigona lapicida (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Fossil species
- † Helicigona atava Wenz, 1927
- † Helicigona chaignoni (Locard, 1883)
- † Helicigona planata H. Binder, 2002
- † Helicigona schwarzbachi Schlickum & Strauch, 1979
- † Helicigona wenzi Soós, 1934
References
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- ↑ Férussac A. E. J. P. J. F. d'Audebard de [1821-1822]. Tableaux systématiques des animaux mollusques classés en familles naturelles, dans lesquels on a établi la concordance de tous les systèmes; suivis d'un prodrome général pour tous les mollusques terrestres ou fluviatiles, vivants ou fossiles. pp. j-xlvij [= 1-47], [1], 1-110, [1]. Paris, Londres.
- ↑ "Taxonomy - Helicigona (genus)". Uniprot.
- 1 2 MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Helicigona A. Férussac, 1821. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=871104 on 2021-02-01
"Helicigona (Genus)". zipcodezoo.com. Archived from the original on 2012-03-29.
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