''Helicopsis'' is a genus of air-breathing

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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 ...

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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 ...

. MolluscaBase eds. (2022). MolluscaBase. Helicopsis Fitzinger, 1833. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=934023 on 2022-07-31

Distribution

Distribution of the genus ''Helicopsis'' range Central and Eastern Europe to Iran.

Species

The species composition of ''Helicopsis'' was largely reviewed after revisions with methods of

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, many of the previously recognized species were shown to be conspecific and many other to be not related with true ''Helicopsis''. After these revisions only 9 or 10 species can be placed into ''Helicopsis'': * ''

Helicopsis aelleni ''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: Worl ...

'' Hausdorf, 1996 - Northern Iran * ''

Helicopsis anflousiana ''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: Worl ...

'' (Pallary, 1913) * ''

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

'' Gittenberger, 1969 - Austria * ''

Helicopsis buslimiana ''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: Worl ...

'' (Pollonera in Kobelt, 1898) - Libya * ''

Helicopsis carrossei ''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: Worl ...

'' (Pallary, 1936) * ''

Helicopsis cereoflava ''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: Worl ...

'' (Bielz, 1851) - Romania, probably a synonym of ''

Helicopsis lunulata ''Helicopsis lunulata'' is a species of air-breathing land snail, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusc in the family Geomitridae from Eastern Europe. MolluscaBase eds. (2022). MolluscaBase. Helicopsis lunulata (Krynicki, 1833). Accessed throug ...

'' * ''

Helicopsis cypriola ''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: Worl ...

'' (Westerlund, 1889) * ''

Helicopsis dejecta ''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: Worl ...

'' (Jan, 1832) -

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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) - Southern and Eastern Ukraine, adjacent regions of Russia, extremely variable, previously treated as several species * ''

Helicopsis gittenbergeri ''Helicopsis'' is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial molluscs, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Helicellinae of the family Geomitridae. MolluscaBase eds. (2022). MolluscaBase. Helicopsis Fitzinger, 1833. A ...

'' Hausdorf, 1990 - Greece * '' Helicopsis hungarica'' (Soós & H. Wagner, 1935) - Central Europe and isolated locality in Russia * '' Helicopsis larbiana'' (Pallary, 1928) * ''

Helicopsis likharevi ''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 ...

'' Schileyko, 1978 - Kopet Dag in Turkmenistan * ''

'' (Krynicki, 1833) - Romania, Moldova, Ukraine, adjacent regions of Russia and probably Poland * '' Helicopsis persica'' Hausdorf & Bössneck, 2016 - Northern Iran * † ''

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) * † ''

Helicopsis piedmontanica ''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 ...

'' Harzhauser, Neubauer & Esu in Harzhauser et al., 2015 * † ''

Helicopsis praecursor ''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 ...

'' (Wenz, 1927) * ''

Helicopsis striata ''Helicopsis striata'' is a species of air-breathing land snail, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Geomitridae. MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Helicopsis striata (O. F. Müller, 1774). Accessed through: World Register ...

'' (O. F. Müller, 1774) - type species,"Species in genus ''Helicopsis''"
(n=13). AnimalBase, accessed 11 June 2012. distributed only in Central Europe * ''

Helicopsis subcalcarata ''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 ...

'' (Nägele, 1903) * † '' Helicopsis suevica'' Gottschick & Wenz, 1927 * '' Helicopsis teboudensis'' (Pallary, 1928) * ''

Helicopsis welschi ''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 ...

'' (Pallary, 1899) * † ''

Helicopsis wenzi ''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 ...

'' Schütt, 1985 Synonyms that were recognized as species before 21st century: * ''Helicopsis altenai'' Gasull, 1974 accepted as ''

Xerotricha vatonniana ''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, 1867) (junior synonym) * ''Helicopsis arenosa'' (Krynicki, 1836) accepted as ''Helicopsis filimargo arenosa'' (Krynicki, 1836) accepted as ''

'' (Krynicki, 1833) * ''Helicopsis dejecta'' (Rossmässler, 1838) - synonym of ''

'' * ''Helicopsis depulsa'' (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) (taxon inquirendum) * ''Helicopsis gigaxii'' Haas, 1924 is a synonym of ''

Xerocrassa ripacurcica ''Xerocrassa ripacurcica'' is a species of air-breathing land snail, a pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Geomitridae. MolluscaBase eds. (2022). MolluscaBase. Xerocrassa ripacurcica (Bofill, 1886). Accessed through: World Register of Marin ...

'' (Bofill, 1886) * ''Helicopsis instabilis'' (Rossmässler, 1838) - synonym of ''

'' * ''Helicopsis leptocolpata'' (Pallary,1923): synonym of ''

Xerosecta leptocolpata ''Xerosecta'' is a genus of small, air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Helicellinae of the family Geomitridae Geomitridae is a Taxonomy (biology), taxonomic Family (biology), family of sma ...

'' (P.M. Pallary, 1923) * ''Helicopsis luganica'' Gural-Sverlova, 2010 accepted as ''

'' (Krynicki, 1833) (junior synonym) * ''Helicopsis martynovi'' Gural-Sverlova, 2010 accepted as ''

'' (Krynicki, 1833) (junior synonym) * ''Helicopsis murcica'' (A. Schmidt, 1854) accepted as ''

Xerocrassa subrogata ''Xerocrassa subrogata'' is a species of air-breathing land snail, a pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Geomitridae. MolluscaBase eds. (2022). MolluscaBase. Xerocrassa subrogata (L. Pfeiffer, 1853). Accessed through: World Register of Mari ...

'' (L. Pfeiffer, 1853) (invalid; based on a preoccupied original name) * ''Helicopsis paulhessei'' (Lindholm, 1936) - synonym of ''

'' * ''Helicopsis retowskii'' (Clessin, 1883) - synonym of ''

'' * ''Helicopsis subfilimargo'' Gural-Sverlova, 2010 accepted as ''

'' (Krynicki, 1833) (junior synonym) * ''Helicopsis tabulae'' Chaper, 1855 accepted as '' Lyrocystis perplicata'' (Benson, 1851) (synonym) * ''Helicopsis turcica'' (Holten, 1802): synonym of ''

Xeroleuca turcica ''Xeroleuca'' is a genus of air-breathing land snails, a pulmonate gastropod in the subfamily Helicellinae of the family Geomitridae Geomitridae is a Taxonomy (biology), taxonomic Family (biology), family of small to medium-sized air-breath ...

'' (Chemnitz, 1795) Species and synonyms that were placed into ''Helicopsis'', but are not: * '' Helicopsis conopsis'' Morelet, 1876

References

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