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.

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

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
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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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