''Neohelix'' is a

genus Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus com ...

(or a subgenus under '' Triodopsis'') 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 ...

terrestrial Terrestrial refers to things related to land or the planet Earth. Terrestrial may also refer to: * Terrestrial animal, an animal that lives on land opposed to living in water, or sometimes an animal that lives on or near the ground, as opposed to ...

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 ...

mollusk Mollusca is the second-largest phylum of invertebrate animals after the Arthropoda, the members of which are known as molluscs or mollusks (). Around 85,000 extant species of molluscs are recognized. The number of fossil species is e ...

s in the family

Polygyridae Polygyridae is a family of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Helicoidea. MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Polygyridae Pilsbry, 1895. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species a ...

. The shells of ''Neohelix'' are not distinguishable from those of the genus ''

Mesodon ''Mesodon'' is a genus of land snails in the family Polygyridae. Species Species within the genus ''Mesodon'' include:ITIS''Mesodon'' accessed 1 November 2008. * '' Mesodon altivagus'' (Pilsbry, 1900) – wandering globe * '' Mesodon andre ...

'', but the reproductive anatomy of the two groups of snails is different.Pilsbry H. A. (1940). "Land Mollusca of North America (North of Mexico)". ''Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia'', Monograph 3, vol. 1(2): 834.

Species

Species within the genus ''Neohelix'' include: * '' Neohelix albolabris'' * ''

Neohelix dentifera ''Neohelix dentifera'' is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Polygyridae Polygyridae is a family of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the superf ...

'' * '' Neohelix divesta'' * '' Neohelix multilineata'' * '' Neohelix major'' * '' Neohelix solemi'' * '' Neohelix alleni''

References

Polygyridae Taxa named by Hermann von Ihering {{Polygyridae-stub