''Helicella'' is a genus of small to medium-sized, air-breathing

land snail A land snail is any of the numerous species of snail that live on land, as opposed to the sea snails and freshwater snails. ''Land snail'' is the common name for terrestrial gastropod mollusks that have shells (those without shells are known as ...

s, terrestrial

pulmonate Pulmonata or pulmonates, is an informal group (previously an order, and before that a subclass) of snails and slugs characterized by the ability to breathe air, by virtue of having a pallial lung instead of a gill, or gills. The group includ ...

gastropod The gastropods (), commonly known as snails and slugs, belong to a large taxonomic class of invertebrates within the phylum Mollusca called Gastropoda (). This class comprises snails and slugs from saltwater, from freshwater, and from land. T ...

mollusks in the subfamily Helicellinae of the family

Geomitridae Geomitridae is a Taxonomy (biology), taxonomic Family (biology), family of small to medium-sized air-breathing land snails, Terrestrial molluscs, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Helicoidea.MolluscaBase eds. (2021). M ...

, the hairy snails and their allies. MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Helicella A. Férussac, 1821. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=153980 on 2021-02-01

Species

Species within the genus ''Helicella'' include:"Species in genus ''Helicella''"
AnimalBase, accessed 29 June 2010. * ''

Helicella bolenensis ''Helicella'' is a genus of small to medium-sized, air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Helicellinae of the family Geomitridae, the hairy snails and their allies. MolluscaBase eds. (2021). Mollusca ...

'' (Locard, 1882) * ''

Helicella candoni ''Helicella'' is a genus of small to medium-sized, air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Helicellinae of the family Geomitridae, the hairy snails and their allies. MolluscaBase eds. (2021). Mollusca ...

'' Thach, 2018 * ''

Helicella cistorum ''Helicella'' is a genus of small to medium-sized, air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Helicellinae of the family Geomitridae, the hairy snails and their allies. MolluscaBase eds. (2021). Mollusca ...

'' (Morelet, 1845) * ''

Helicella iberica ''Helicella'' is a genus of small to medium-sized, air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Helicellinae of the family Geomitridae, the hairy snails and their allies. MolluscaBase eds. (2021). Mollusca ...

'' (Rambur, 1869) * ''

Helicella itala ''Helicella itala'' is a species of medium-sized, air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Geomitridae, the hairy snails and their allies. MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Helicella itala (Linn ...

'' (Linnaeus, 1758) - type species * ''

Helicella juglans ''Helicella'' is a genus of small to medium-sized, air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Helicellinae of the family Geomitridae, the hairy snails and their allies. MolluscaBase eds. (2021). Mollusca ...

'' (Gittenberger, 1991) * ''

Helicella nubigena ''Helicella'' is a genus of small to medium-sized, air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Helicellinae of the family Geomitridae, the hairy snails and their allies. MolluscaBase eds. (2021). Mollusca ...

'' (Saulcy, 1852) * ''

Helicella ordunensis ''Helicella'' is a genus of small to medium-sized, air-breathing land snails, terrestrial molluscs, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusc, mollusks in the subfamily Helicellinae of the family Geomitridae, the hairy snails and their allies. Mol ...

'' (Kobelt, 1883) * ''

Helicella orzai ''Helicella orzai'' is a species of land snail in the family Geomitridae, the hairy snails and their allies. It is endemic to Spain. MolluscaBase eds. (2022). MolluscaBase. Helicella orzai E. Gittenberger & Manga, 1981. Accessed through: World R ...

'' (Gittenberger & Manga, 1981) * ''

Helicella sabulivaga ''Helicella'' is a genus of small to medium-sized, air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Helicellinae of the family Geomitridae, the hairy snails and their allies. MolluscaBase eds. (2021). Mollusca ...

'' (Mabille, 1881) * ''

Helicella stiparum ''Helicella stiparum'' is a species of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Geomitridae Geomitridae is a Taxonomy (biology), taxonomic Family (biology), family of small to medium-sized air-br ...

'' (Rossmässler, 1854) * † ''

Helicella striataformis ''Helicella'' is a genus of small to medium-sized, air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Helicellinae of the family Geomitridae, the hairy snails and their allies. MolluscaBase eds. (2021). Mollusca ...

'' (Lörenthey, 1906) * ''

Helicella striatitala ''Helicella striatitala'' is a species of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Geomitridae, the hairy snails and their allies. MolluscaBase eds. (2022). MolluscaBase. Helicella striatitala Prieto, 19 ...

'' Prieto, 1985 * ''

Helicella valdeona ''Helicella'' is a genus of small to medium-sized, air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Helicellinae of the family Geomitridae, the hairy snails and their allies. MolluscaBase eds. (2021). Mollusca ...

'' (Gittenberger & Manga, 1977) ;Synonyms: * ''Helicella arcadiana'' Schileyko, 1967: synonym of '' Kalitinaia arcadiana'' (Schileyko, 1967)Small text (original combination) * ''Helicella barcinensis'' (Bourguignat, 1868): synonym of ''

Xerotricha barcinensis ''Xerotricha'' is a genus of small air-breathing land snails, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Helicellinae of the family Geomitridae. MolluscaBase eds. (2022). MolluscaBase. Xerotricha Monterosato, 1892. Accessed thro ...

'' (Bourguignat, 1868) (superseded combination) * ''Helicella bierzona''E. Gittenberger & Manga, 1977Small text : synonym for ''

Xerotricha bierzona ''Xerotricha bierzona'' is a species of air-breathing land snail, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Geomitridae, the hairy snails and their allies. MolluscaBase eds. (2022). MolluscaBase. Xerotricha bierzona (E. Gittenberge ...

'' (Gittenberger & Manga, 1977) * ''Helicella cobosi'' Ortiz de Zárate López, 1962: synonym of ''

Xerocrassa cobosi ''Xerocrassa cobosi'' is a species of air-breathing land snail, a pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Geomitridae.MolluscaBase eds. (2022). MolluscaBase. Xerocrassa cobosi (Ortiz de Zárate López, 1962). Accessed through: World Register of ...

'' (Ortiz de Zárate López, 1962) Small text(original combination) * ''Helicella corderoi'' E. Gittenberger & Manga, 1977: synonym of ''

Xerotricha corderoi ''Xerotricha corderoi'' is a species of small air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Geomitridae. MolluscaBase eds. (2022). MolluscaBase. Xerotricha corderoi (E. Gittenberger & Manga, 1977). Accessed thr ...

'' (E. Gittenberger & Manga, 1977) (original combination) * ''Helicella depulsa'' L. Pintér, 1969: synonym of ''

Xerolenta depulsa ''Xerolenta'' is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod molluscs in the family Geomitridae Geomitridae is a Taxonomy (biology), taxonomic Family (biology), family of small to medium-sized air-breathing land sna ...

'' (L. Pintér, 1969) (superseded combination, basionym) * ''Helicella erjaveci'' Brusina, 1870: synonym of ''

Vitrea erjaveci ''Vitrea'' is a genus of small, air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Pristilomatidae. According to the World Register of Marine Species this genus belongs in the family ''Zonitidae''. Species This ge ...

'' (Brusina, 1870) (original combination) * ''Helicella frater'' (Dohrn & Heynemann, 1862): synonym of ''

Xerocrassa frater ''Xerocrassa frater'' is a species of air-breathing land snail, a pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Geomitridae.MolluscaBase eds. (2022). MolluscaBase. Xerocrassa frater (Dohrn & Heynemann, 1862). Accessed through: World Register of Marin ...

'' (Dohrn & Heynemann, 1862) (chresonym) * ''Helicella gasulli'': synonym for ''

Xerotricha gasulli ''Xerotricha gasulli'' is a species of air-breathing land snail, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Geomitridae, the hairy snails and their allies. MolluscaBase eds. (2022). MolluscaBase. Xerotricha gasulli (Ortiz de Zárate ...

'' (Ortiz de Zarate, 1950) * ''Helicella jamuzensis'' E. Gittenberger & Manga, 1977: synonym of ''

Xerotricha jamuzensis ''Xerotricha'' is a genus of small air-breathing land snails, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Helicellinae of the family Geomitridae. MolluscaBase eds. (2022). MolluscaBase. Xerotricha Monterosato, 1892. Accessed thro ...

'' (E. Gittenberger & Manga, 1977) (original combination) * ''Helicella macedonica'' P. Hesse, 1928: synonym of ''

Xerolenta macedonica ''Xerolenta'' is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod molluscs in the family Geomitridae, the harry snails and their allies. MolluscaBase eds. (2022). MolluscaBase. Xerolenta Monterosato, 1892. Accessed through: ...

'' (P. Hesse, 1928) (original combination) * ''Helicella mangae'' E. Gittenberger & Raven, 1982: synonym of ''

Xerotricha gonzalezi ''Xerotricha'' is a genus of small air-breathing land snails, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Helicellinae of the family Geomitridae. MolluscaBase eds. (2022). MolluscaBase. Xerotricha Monterosato, 1892. Accessed thro ...

'' (Azpeitia, 1925) * ''Helicella mariae'':synonym for ''

Xerotricha mariae ''Xerotricha conspurcata'' is a species of small air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Geomitridae. Description ''Xerotricha conspurcata'' grows up to 4.5 x 6.8 mm in size. It has a striated mottled b ...

'' (Gasull, 1972) * ''Helicella mayeri'' Gude, 1914: synonym of ''

Microxeromagna lowei ''Microxeromagna'' is a genus of small, air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Helicellinae of the family Geomitridae. The genus is distributed along the Mediterranean basin, from the Italian Pe ...

'' (Potiez & Michaud, 1838) (junior synonym) * ''Helicella nitida'' (O. F. Müller, 1774): synonym of '' Zonitoides nitidus'' (O. F. Müller, 1774) (superseded combination) * ''Helicella obvia'' (Menke, 1828): synonym of ''

Xerolenta obvia ''Xerolenta obvia'' is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial gastropod mollusk in the family Geomitridae, the hairy snails and their allies. MolluscaBase eds. (2022). MolluscaBase. Xerolenta obvia (Menke, 1828). Accessed through: ...

'' (Menke, 1828)(superseded combination) * ''Helicella paul-hessei'' Lindholm, 1936: synonym of ''Helicopsis paulhessei'' (Lindholm, 1936): synonym of ''Helicopsis filimargo filimargo'' (Krynicki, 18 33): synonym of ''

Helicopsis filimargo ''Helicopsis filimargo'' is a species of air-breathing land snail, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusc in the family GeomitridaeMolluscaBase eds. (2022). MolluscaBase. * Helicopsis filimargo (Krynicki, 1833). Accessed through: World Registe ...

'' (Krynicki, 1833) (original combination) * †''Helicella phrygostriata'' (Oppenheim, 1919): synonym of † ''

Helicopsis phrygostriata ''Helicopsis'' is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Helicellinae of the family Geomitridae. MolluscaBase eds. (2022). MolluscaBase. Helicopsis Fitzinger, 1833. Accessed through: Wo ...

'' (Oppenheim, 1919) * ''Helicella rhabdotoides'' (A. J. Wagner, 1928) synonym of ''

Candidula rhabdotoides ''Candidula rhabdotoides'' is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Geomitridae, the hairy snails and their allies. MolluscaBase eds. (2022). MolluscaBase. Candidula rhabdotoides (A. J. Wa ...

'' (A. J. Wagner, 1928) (invalid combination) * ''Helicella seetzeni'' (L. Pfeiffer, 1847): synonym of ''

Xerocrassa seetzeni ''Xerocrassa seetzeni'' is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial animal, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Geomitridae. MolluscaBase eds. (2022). MolluscaBase. Xerocrassa seetzeni (L. Pfeiffer, 1847). Accessed t ...

'' (L. Pfeiffer, 1847) * ''Helicella spiruloides'' A. J. Wagner in Hesse, 1916: synonym of '' Xerolenta spiruloides'' (A. J. Wagner, 1916) (original combination) * ''Helicella syrensis'' (L. Pfeiffer, 1846): synonym of ''

Candidula syrensis ''Candidula syrensis'' is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Geomitridae, the hairy snails and their allies. MolluscaBase eds. (2022). MolluscaBase. Candidula syrensis (L. Pfeiffer, 184 ...

'' (L. Pfeiffer, 1846) (superseded combination) * ''Helicella tumulorum'' (Webb & Berthelot, 1833): synonym of '' Monilearia tumulorum'' (Webb & Berthelot, 1833) (chresonym) * ''Helicella turolensis'' Ortiz de Zárate López, 1963: synonym of ''

Xerocrassa turolensis ''Xerocrassa turolensis'' is a species of air-breathing land snail, a pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Geomitridae.MolluscaBase eds. (2022). MolluscaBase. Xerocrassa turolensis (Ortiz de Zárate López, 1963). Accessed through: World Reg ...

'' (Ortiz de Zárate López, 1963) (original combination) * ''Helicella virgata'' (da Costa, 1778): synonym of ''

Cernuella virgata ''Cernuella virgata'', also known as ''Helicella virgata'', common name, the "vineyard snail", is a species of small, air-breathing land snail, a pulmonate gastropod mollusc in the family Geomitridae.MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase ...

'' (Da Costa, 1778) (superseded generic combination) * ''Helicella zaratei'': synonym for ''

Xerotricha zaratei ''Xerotricha zaratei'' is a species of air-breathing land snail, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Geomitridae, the hairy snails and their allies. MolluscaBase eds. (2022). MolluscaBase. Xerotricha zaratei (E. Gittenberger & ...

'' (Gittenberger & Manga, 1977) * ''Helicella zujarensis'': synonym for ''

Xerotricha zujarensis ''Xerotricha zujarensis'' is a species of air-breathing land snail, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Geomitridae, the hairy snails and their allies. MolluscaBase eds. (2022). MolluscaBase. Xerotricha zujarensis (Ortiz de Zá ...

'' (Ortiz de Zarate, 1950) ;Taxa inquirenda: * ''Helicella hamacenica'' (Bourguignat, 1883)) * † ''Helicella libidinosa'' Steklov, 1966 * ''Helicella subnivellina'' (Bourguignat, 1883) * † ''Helicella sunzhica'' Steklov, 1966

References

* Vaught, K.C.; Tucker Abbott, R.; Boss, K.J. (1989). A classification of the living Mollusca. American Malacologists: Melbourne. . XII, 195 pp.

External links

Férussac, A. E. J. P. 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 ou fluviatiles, vivantes ou fossiles. Paris, 1821 et 1822

Monterosato, T. A. di. (1892). Molluschi terrestri delle isole adiacenti alla Sicilia. Atti della Reale Accademia di Scienze, Lettere e Belle Arti di Palermo. 3rd Series, 2: 1-34
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