''Helicodiscus'' is a
genus of 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 family
Helicodiscidae
Helicodiscidae is a family of small air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Punctoidea (according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005).
Genera
Genera within the family i ...
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Species
Species within the genus ''Helicodiscus'' include:
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Helicodiscus diadema
''Helicodiscus diadema'', common name the shaggy coil, is a species of small air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Helicodiscidae.
Distribution
This species is found only in one small part of the stat ...
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Helicodiscus eigenmanni
''Helicodiscus'' is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Helicodiscidae.
Species
Species within the genus ''Helicodiscus'' include:
* '' Helicodiscus diadema''
* '' Helicodiscus eigenmann ...
'' (Chamberlin and Berry, 1929) - Mexican coil
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Helicodiscus hexodon
''Helicodiscus hexodon'', common name the toothy coil snail, is a species of small air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Helicodiscidae.
Distribution
This species is found only in the United States
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Helicodiscus parallelus
''Helicodiscus parallelus'', common name the compound coil, is a species of small air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Helicodiscidae.
''Helicodiscus parallelus'' is the type species of the genus ''He ...
'' - the
type species
References
Helicodiscidae
Taxonomy articles created by Polbot
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