Topic summary
Helicinae
Helicinae is a subfamily of terrestrialgastropods in the family Helicidae. It contains mostly large land snailspecies, distributed in the western Palaearctic. The most recent (as of 2023) classification proposed division into three tribes.
The subfamily contains the largest helicids, and includes widely known, widespread species like the garden snail, grove snail, white garden snail, chocolate-band snail or the Roman snail.