Helicodonta

Helicodonta
Three shells of Helicodonta obvoluta, two juveniles and one adult. Scale bar shows mm and cm
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Heterobranchia
clade Euthyneura
clade Panpulmonata
clade Eupulmonata
clade Stylommatophora
informal group Sigmurethra
Superfamily: Helicoidea
Family: Helicodontidae
Genus: Helicodonta

Helicodonta obvoluta, common name the "cheese snail", is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Hygromiidae, the hairy snails and their allies.

The common name is based on the shape of the shell, which is reminiscent of a wheel of cheese.

Species

Species within the genus Helicodonta include:

  • Helicodonta albanica Wagner, 1914
  • Helicodonta angigyra (Rossmässler, 1834)
  • Helicodonta langhofferi Wagner, 1912
  • Helicodonta obvoluta (Müller, 1774)
  • Helicodonta wilhelminae Maassen, 1991

References

  1. ↑ 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. (Bertrand, Sowerby).


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