Helicigona
| Helicigona | |
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| Helicigona lapicida | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Order: | Stylommatophora |
| Superfamily: | Helicoidea |
| Family: | Helicidae |
| Subfamily: | Ariantinae |
| Genus: | Helicigona Férussac, 1821 |
| Type species | |
| Helix lapicida Linnaeus, 1758 | |
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Helicigona is a genus of medium-sized, air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod molluscs in the subfamily Ariantinae of the family Helicidae, the typical snails.
Anatomy
These snails create and use love darts during mating.
Species
Species within the genus Helicigona include:
- Helicigona kaeufeli Knipper, 1939 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
- Helicigona korabensis Subai, 1997 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
- Helicigona lapicida (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Fossil species
- † Helicigona atava Wenz, 1927
- † Helicigona chaignoni (Locard, 1883)
- † Helicigona planata H. Binder, 2002
- † Helicigona schwarzbachi Schlickum & Strauch, 1979
- † Helicigona wenzi Soós, 1934
References
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- ↑ Férussac A. E. J. P. J. F. d'Audebard de [1821-1822]. Tableaux systématiques des animaux mollusques classés en familles naturelles, dans lesquels on a établi la concordance de tous les systèmes; suivis d'un prodrome général pour tous les mollusques terrestres ou fluviatiles, vivants ou fossiles. pp. j-xlvij [= 1-47], [1], 1-110, [1]. Paris, Londres.
- ↑ "Taxonomy - Helicigona (genus)". Uniprot.
- 1 2 MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Helicigona A. Férussac, 1821. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=871104 on 2021-02-01
"Helicigona (Genus)". zipcodezoo.com. Archived from the original on 2012-03-29.
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