Helicodontidae
Helicodontidae is a family of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the clade Eupulmonata (according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005).
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| Two immature and one mature shells of Helicodonta obvoluta, scale bar in mm | |
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| (unranked): | clade Heterobranchia clade Euthyneura clade Panpulmonata clade Eupulmonata clade Stylommatophora informal group Sigmurethra |
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| Family: | Helicodontidae |
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Taxonomy
The family Helicodontidae is classified within the clade Stylommatophora within the clade Eupulmonata (according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005).
Subfamilies and genera
There are two subfamilies in the family Helicodontidae.
The type genus is Helicodonta Férussac, 1821.
- subfamily Helicodontinae Kobelt, 1904 - synonym: Gonostomatinae Kobelt, 1904, Drepanostomatini Schileyko, 1991
- Atenia Gittenberger, 1968
- Darderia Altaba, 2006
- Drepanostoma Porro, 1836
- Falkneria H. Nordsieck, 1989
- Helicodonta Férussac, 1821
- Soosia Hesse, 1918
- subfamily Lindholmiolinae Schileyko, 1978
- Lindholmiola Hesse, 1931
References
- Kobelt. 1904. Iconographie der Land- & Süsswasser-Mollusken. New series, 11: 131.
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