''Helicina'' is a
genus
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of
tropical
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the Southern Hemisphere at S. The tropics are also referred to ...
and subtropical
land snail
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s with an
operculum,
terrestrial 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 ...
mollusk
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s.
This is the type genus of its family (
Helicinidae) and subfamily (
Helicinae), as well as the superfamily
Helicinoidea
Helicinoidea is a taxonomic superfamily of land snails that have an operculum. In other words, they are terrestrial operculate gastropod mollusks. They are in the superfamily Neritoidea and are quite closely related to the marine and freshwa ...
. This radiation is considered a fairly close relative e.g. of the water-living
nerite
Neritidae, common name the nerites, is a taxonomic family of small to medium-sized saltwater and freshwater snails which have a gill and a distinctive operculum.
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s (Neritidae), among the rather primitive snail clade
Neritimorpha to which these all belong.
Selected species
Species within the genus ''Helicina'' include:
From
Central America
Central America ( es, América Central or ) is a subregion of the Americas. Its boundaries are defined as bordering the United States to the north, Colombia to the south, the Caribbean Sea to the east, and the Pacific Ocean to the west. ...
:
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Helicina amoena''
L. Pfeiffer, 1849
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Helicina rostrata
''Helicina rostrata'' is a species of tropical land snail with an operculum, a terrestrial gastropod mollusk in the family Helicinidae.
This is an endangered species.
Distribution
This land snail is found in Guatemala and Nicaragua
Nica ...
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Morelet, 1849
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Helicina trossula''
Morelet, 1849
From Costa Rica:
[ Barrientos Z. (2003). "Lista de especies de moluscos terrestres (Archaeogastropoda, Mesogastropoda, Archaeopulmonata, Stylommatophora, Soleolifera) informadas para Costa Rica". '' Revista de Biología Tropical'' 51(Suppl. 3): 293-304]
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Helicina boeckeleri Richling, 2001
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Helicina deppeana parvidens
''Helicina'' is a genus of tropical and subtropical land snails with an operculum, terrestrial gastropod mollusks.
This is the type genus of its family (Helicinidae) and subfamily ( Helicinae), as well as the superfamily Helicinoidea. This rad ...
Pilsbry, 1920
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Helicina funcki funcki
''Helicina'' is a genus of tropical and subtropical land snails with an operculum, terrestrial gastropod mollusks.
This is the type genus of its family (Helicinidae) and subfamily ( Helicinae), as well as the superfamily Helicinoidea. This rad ...
Pfr, 1848
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Helicina funcki costaricensis
''Helicina'' is a genus of tropical and subtropical land snails with an operculum, terrestrial gastropod mollusks.
This is the type genus of its family (Helicinidae) and subfamily ( Helicinae), as well as the superfamily Helicinoidea. This rad ...
Wagner, 1905
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Helicina hojarasca
''Helicina'' is a genus of tropical and subtropical land snails with an operculum, terrestrial gastropod mollusks.
This is the type genus of its family (Helicinidae) and subfamily ( Helicinae), as well as the superfamily Helicinoidea. This rad ...
Richling, 2001
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Helicna oweniana coccinostoma Morelet, 1849
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Helicina oweniana anozona
''Helicina'' is a genus of tropical and subtropical land snails with an operculum, terrestrial gastropod mollusks.
This is the type genus of its family (Helicinidae) and subfamily ( Helicinae), as well as the superfamily Helicinoidea. This rad ...
Martens, 1875
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Helicina pitalensis
''Helicina'' is a genus of tropical and subtropical land snails with an operculum, terrestrial gastropod mollusks.
This is the type genus of its family (Helicinidae) and subfamily ( Helicinae), as well as the superfamily Helicinoidea. This rad ...
Wagner, 1911
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Helicina tenuis
''Helicina'' is a genus of tropical and subtropical land snails with an operculum, terrestrial gastropod mollusks.
This is the type genus of its family (Helicinidae) and subfamily ( Helicinae), as well as the superfamily Helicinoidea. This rad ...
L.Pfeiffer, 1849
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Helicina tenuis tenuis
''Helicina'' is a genus of tropical and subtropical land snails with an operculum, terrestrial gastropod mollusks.
This is the type genus of its family (Helicinidae) and subfamily ( Helicinae), as well as the superfamily Helicinoidea. This rad ...
Pfr., 1848
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Helicina tenuis pittieri
''Helicina'' is a genus of tropical and subtropical land snails with an operculum, terrestrial gastropod mollusks.
This is the type genus of its family (Helicinidae) and subfamily ( Helicinae), as well as the superfamily Helicinoidea. This rad ...
Wagner, 1911
From
Brazil
Brazil ( pt, Brasil; ), officially the Federative Republic of Brazil (Portuguese: ), is the largest country in both South America and Latin America. At and with over 217 million people, Brazil is the world's fifth-largest country by area ...
:
[Norma Campos Salgado & Arnaldo C. dos Santos Coelho. 2003]
''Moluscos terrestres do Brasil (Gastrópodes operculados ou não, exclusive Veronicellidae, Milacidae e Limacidae)''
. Rev. Biol. Trop. 51 (Suppl. 3): 149-189. (in Portuguese with English abstract)
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Helicina angulata''
Sowerby, 1842
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Helicina angulifera
''Helicina'' is a genus of tropical and subtropical land snails with an operculum, terrestrial gastropod mollusks.
This is the type genus of its family ( Helicinidae) and subfamily ( Helicinae), as well as the superfamily Helicinoidea. This r ...
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Wagner, 1910
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Helicina besckei''
Pfeiffer, 1848
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Helicina bicincta
''Helicina'' is a genus of tropical and subtropical land snails with an operculum, terrestrial gastropod mollusks.
This is the type genus of its family ( Helicinidae) and subfamily ( Helicinae), as well as the superfamily Helicinoidea. This r ...
''
Gloyne, 1872
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Helicina brasiliensis
''Helicina'' is a genus of tropical and subtropical land snails with an operculum, terrestrial gastropod mollusks.
This is the type genus of its family ( Helicinidae) and subfamily ( Helicinae), as well as the superfamily Helicinoidea. This r ...
''
Gray, 1824
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Helicina caracolla''
( Moricand, 1836)
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Helicina carinata''
d’Orbigny, 1835
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Helicina concentrica''
Pfeiffer, 1848
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Helicina densestriata''
Wagner, 1910
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Helicina fulva''
d’Orbigny, 1835
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Helicina guajarana''
Baker, 1914
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Helicina haematostoma''
( Moricand, 1839)
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Helicina iguapensis''
Pilsbry, 1900
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Helicina inaequistriata''
Pilsbry, 1900
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Helicina juruana''
Ihering, 1904
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Helicina laterculus''
Baker, 1914
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Helicina leopoldinae''
Wagner, 1906
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Helicina leptrotopis''
Wagner, 1910
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Helicina leucozonalis''
Ancey, 1892
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Helicina lirifera''
Ancey, 1892
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Helicina lundi
''Helicina'' is a genus of tropical and subtropical land snails with an operculum, terrestrial gastropod mollusks.
This is the type genus of its family ( Helicinidae) and subfamily ( Helicinae), as well as the superfamily Helicinoidea. This r ...
''
Beck, 1858
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Helicina menkeana
''Helicina'' is a genus of tropical and subtropical land snails with an operculum, terrestrial gastropod mollusks.
This is the type genus of its family ( Helicinidae) and subfamily ( Helicinae), as well as the superfamily Helicinoidea. This r ...
''
Philippi, 1847
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Helicina moreletiana''
Pfeiffer, 1851
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Helicina oxytropis''
Gray, 1839
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Helicina pandiensis''
Wagner, 1905
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Helicina schereri
''Helicina schereri'' is a species of tropical land snail with an operculum, a terrestrial gastropod mollusk in the family Helicinidae.
Distribution
This species lives in Brazil
Brazil ( pt, Brasil; ), officially the Federative Republ ...
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Baker, 1914
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Helicina siolii''
Haas, 1949
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Helicina sordida
''Helicina'' is a genus of tropical and subtropical land snails with an operculum, terrestrial gastropod mollusks.
This is the type genus of its family ( Helicinidae) and subfamily ( Helicinae), as well as the superfamily Helicinoidea. This r ...
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King & Broderip, 1832
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Helicina tilei
''Helicina'' is a genus of tropical and subtropical land snails with an operculum, terrestrial gastropod mollusks.
This is the type genus of its family ( Helicinidae) and subfamily ( Helicinae), as well as the superfamily Helicinoidea. This r ...
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Pfeiffer, 1847
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Helicina variabilis''
Wagner, 1827
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Helicina wettsteini''
Wagner, 1906
From the
Lesser Antilles
The Lesser Antilles ( es, link=no, Antillas Menores; french: link=no, Petites Antilles; pap, Antias Menor; nl, Kleine Antillen) are a group of islands in the Caribbean Sea. Most of them are part of a long, partially volcanic island arc betwe ...
:
[Robinson D. G., Hovestadt A., Fields A. & Breure A. S. H. (July 2009). "The land Mollusca of Dominica (Lesser Antilles), with notes on some enigmatic or rare species". ''Zoologische Mededelingen'' 83 http://www.zoologischemededelingen.nl/83/nr03/a13 ]
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Helicina dysoni
''Helicina'' is a genus of tropical and subtropical land snails with an operculum, terrestrial gastropod mollusks.
This is the type genus of its family ( Helicinidae) and subfamily ( Helicinae), as well as the superfamily Helicinoidea. This r ...
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(L. Pfeiffer, 1849)
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Helicina fasciata
''Helicina fasciata'' is a species of tropical land snail with an operculum, a terrestrial gastropod mollusk in the family Helicinidae.
Shell description
Distribution
This species lives in the Lesser Antilles.
Although this taxon was no ...
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Helicina guppyi''
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Helicina nemoralis
''Helicina nemoralis'' is a species of tropical 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 ...
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Guppy, 1866
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Helicina platychila
''Helicina platychila'' is a species of tropical land snail with an operculum, a terrestrial gastropod mollusk in the family Helicinidae.
The description of ''Helicina epistilia'' Guppy, 1868 matches this species, and these names are therefo ...
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Helicina rhodostoma
''Helicina rhodostoma'' is a species of tropical land snail with an Operculum (gastropod), operculum, a terrestrial animal, terrestrial gastropod mollusk in the family Helicinidae.
Shell description
Robert John Lechmere Guppy (1868)Robert Joh ...
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endemic
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to Dominica)
From the USA:
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Helicina orbiculata
''Helicina orbiculata'' is a species of land snail with an operculum, a terrestrial gastropod mollusk in the family Helicinidae. They are one of few land snail species to have eyes at the base of their tentacles. This may suggest that ''Helici ...
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From Cuba:
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Helicina aspersa''
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Helicina declivis
''Helicina'' is a genus of tropical and subtropical land snails with an operculum, terrestrial gastropod mollusks.
This is the type genus of its family ( Helicinidae) and subfamily ( Helicinae), as well as the superfamily Helicinoidea. This r ...
''
Gundlach in Pfeiffer, 1860["Mollusca"](_blank)
. Diversidad Biológica Cubana, accessed 23 March 2011.
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Helicina globulosa''
d’Orbigny, 1842
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Helicina holguinensis''
Clench & Aguayo, 1953
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Helicina lembeyana''
Poey, 1854
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Helicina monteiberia''
Sarasúa, 1976
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Helicina poeyi
''Helicina'' is a genus of tropical and subtropical land snails with an operculum, terrestrial gastropod mollusks.
This is the type genus of its family (Helicinidae) and subfamily ( Helicinae), as well as the superfamily Helicinoidea. This rad ...
''
Pfeiffer, 1859
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Helicina reeveana
''Helicina'' is a genus of tropical and subtropical land snails with an operculum, terrestrial gastropod mollusks.
This is the type genus of its family ( Helicinidae) and subfamily ( Helicinae), as well as the superfamily Helicinoidea. This r ...
''
Pfeiffer, 1848
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Helicina subdepressa
''Helicina'' is a genus of tropical and subtropical land snails with an operculum, terrestrial gastropod mollusks.
This is the type genus of its family ( Helicinidae) and subfamily ( Helicinae), as well as the superfamily Helicinoidea. This r ...
''
Poey, 1854
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Helicina subglobulosa''
Poey, 1852
From other locations
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Helicina flammea''
Quoy & Gaimard, 1832 -
Tonga
Tonga (, ; ), officially the Kingdom of Tonga ( to, Puleʻanga Fakatuʻi ʻo Tonga), is a Polynesian country and archipelago. The country has 171 islands – of which 45 are inhabited. Its total surface area is about , scattered over in ...
.
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Helicina vitiensis''
Mousson, 1865 (
Fiji Islands
Fiji ( , ,; fj, Viti, ; Fiji Hindi: फ़िजी, ''Fijī''), officially the Republic of Fiji, is an island country in Melanesia, part of Oceania in the South Pacific Ocean. It lies about north-northeast of New Zealand. Fiji consists ...
)
References
External links
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