Helicella
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Helicella is a genus
of small to medium-sized, air-breathing land snail
s, terrestrial
pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Hygromiidae
, the hairy snails and their allies.
synonyms:
Genus
In biology, a genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, which is an example of definition by genus and differentia...
of small to medium-sized, air-breathing land snail
Snail
Snail is a common name applied to most of the members of the molluscan class Gastropoda that have coiled shells in the adult stage. When the word is used in its most general sense, it includes sea snails, land snails and freshwater snails. The word snail without any qualifier is however more often...
s, terrestrial
Terrestrial animal
Terrestrial animals are animals that live predominantly or entirely on land , as compared with aquatic animals, which live predominantly or entirely in the water , or amphibians, which rely on a combination of aquatic and terrestrial habitats...
pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Hygromiidae
Hygromiidae
Hygromiidae is a taxonomic family of small to medium-sized air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Helicoidea.-Anatomy:...
, the hairy snails and their allies.
Species
Species within the genus Helicella include:- Helicella bolenensis (Locard, 1882)
- Helicella cistorum (Morelet, 1845)
- Helicella iberica (Rambur, 1869)
- Helicella italaHelicella italaHelicella itala is a species of medium-sized, air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Hygromiidae, the hairy snails and their allies.- Life cycle :The size of the egg is 1.5 mm....
(Linnaeus, 1758) - type species - Helicella juglans Gittenberger, 1991
- Helicella nubigena (Saulcy, 1852)
- Helicella ordunensis (Kobelt, 1883)
- Helicella orzaiHelicella orzaiHelicella orzai is a species of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Hygromiidae, the hairy snails and their allies. This species is endemic to Spain.-References:...
Gittenberger & Manga, 1981 - Helicella sabulivaga (Mabille, 1881)
- Helicella stiparumHelicella stiparumHelicella stiparum is a species of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Hygromiidae, the hairy snails and their allies. This species is endemic to Spain.-References:...
(Rossmässler, 1854) - Helicella striatitalaHelicella striatitalaHelicella striatitala is a species of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Hygromiidae, the hairy snails and their allies. This species is endemic to Spain.-References:...
Prieto, 1985 - Helicella valdeona Gittenberger & Manga, 1977
synonyms:
- Helicella bierzona is a synonym for Xerotricha bierzona (Gittenberger & Manga, 1977)
- Helicella gasulli is a synonym for Xerotricha gasulli (Ortiz de Zarate, 1950)
- Helicella mariae is a synonym for Xerotricha mariae (Gasull, 1972)
- Helicella zaratei is a synonym for Xerotricha zaratei (Gittenberger & Manga, 1977)
- Helicella zujarensis is a synonym for Xerotricha zujarensis (Ortiz de Zarate, 1950)