''Helicigona'' is a
genus of 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 Ariantinae of the
family Helicidae, the typical snails.
[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]
Anatomy
These snails create and use
love darts during mating.
Species
Species within the genus ''Helicigona'' include:
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Helicigona atava''
Wenz, 1927
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Helicigona banatica''
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Helicigona chaignoni''
(Locard, 1883)
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Helicigona cingulata''
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Helicigona cingulella''
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Helicigona cornea
''Helicigona'' is a genus of medium-sized, air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Ariantinae of the family Helicidae, the typical snails.MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Helicigona A. Férussac, ...
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Helicigona cyclolabis''
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Helicigona eichwaldi''
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Helicigona faustina''
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Helicigona foeteus
''Helicigona'' is a genus of medium-sized, air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Ariantinae of the family Helicidae, the typical snails.MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Helicigona A. Férussac, ...
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Helicigona furva
''Helicigona'' is a genus of medium-sized, air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Ariantinae of the family Helicidae, the typical snails.MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Helicigona A. Férussac, ...
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Helicigona glacialis
''Helicigona'' is a genus of medium-sized, air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Ariantinae of the family Helicidae, the typical snails.MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Helicigona A. Férussac, ...
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Helicigona hoffmanni
''Helicigona'' is a genus of medium-sized, air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Ariantinae of the family Helicidae, the typical snails.MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Helicigona A. Férussac, ...
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Helicigona insolita
''Helicigona'' is a genus of medium-sized, air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Ariantinae of the family Helicidae, the typical snails.MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Helicigona A. Férussac, ...
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Helicigona kleciachi
''Helicigona'' is a genus of medium-sized, air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Ariantinae of the family Helicidae, the typical snails.MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Helicigona A. Férussac, ...
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Helicigona lapicida
''Helicigona lapicida'' is a species of medium-sized, air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Helicidae, the typical snails. MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Helicigona lapicida (Linnaeus, 1758). A ...
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(Linnaeus, 1758)
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Helicigona olympica
''Helicigona'' is a genus of medium-sized, air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Ariantinae of the family Helicidae, the typical snails.MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Helicigona A. Férussac, ...
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Helicigona phocea
''Helicigona'' is a genus of medium-sized, air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Ariantinae of the family Helicidae, the typical snails.MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Helicigona A. Férussac, ...
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Helicigona planata
''Helicigona'' is a genus of medium-sized, air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Ariantinae of the family Helicidae, the typical snails.MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Helicigona A. Férussac, ...
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H. Binder, 2002
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Helicigona planospira
''Helicigona'' is a genus of medium-sized, air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Ariantinae of the family Helicidae, the typical snails.MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Helicigona A. Férussac, ...
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Helicigona pratensis
''Helicigona'' is a genus of medium-sized, air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Ariantinae of the family Helicidae, the typical snails.MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Helicigona A. Férussac, ...
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Helicigona presli''
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Helicigona quimpereana''
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Helicigona rumelica''
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Helicigona schmidtii''
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Helicigona schwarzbachi''
Schlickum & Strauch, 1979
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Helicigona serbica''
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Helicigona setigera''
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Helicigona setosa''
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Helicigona subzonata''
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Helicigona terceirana''
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Helicigona tiesenhauseni''
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Helicigona trizona''
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Helicigona wenzi''
Soós, 1934
References
External links
Helicidae
Gastropod genera
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