Oreohelix
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Oreohelix is a genus
of air-breathing land snail
, a terrestrial
pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Oreohelicidae
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Oreohelix is the type genus
for the family Oreohelicidae.
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 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...
, a 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 mollusk in the family Oreohelicidae
Oreohelicidae
Oreohelicidae is a family of small to medium-sized air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Punctoidea .-Anatomy:...
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Oreohelix is the type genus
Type genus
In biological classification, a type genus is a representative genus, as with regard to a biological family. The term and concept is used much more often and much more formally in zoology than it is in botany, and the definition is dependent on the nomenclatural Code that applies:* In zoological...
for the family Oreohelicidae.
Species
Species within the genus Oreohelix include:- Oreohelix cariniferaOreohelix cariniferaOreohelix carinifera, common name keeled mountainsnail, is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Oreohelicidae.- Original description :...
Pilsbry, 1912 - keeled mountainsnail - Oreohelix haydeni
- Oreohelix haydeni hybrida (Hemphill, 1890)
- Oreohelix nevadensis (Berry, 1932)
- Oreohelix peripherica (Ancey. 1881)
- Oreohelix peripherica peripherica (Ancey, 1881)
- Oreohelix peripherica wasatchensis (Binney, 1886) -
- Oreohelix jugalis - boulder pile mountain snailBoulder pile mountain snailThe boulder pile mountain snail, scientific name Oreohelix jugalis is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Oreohelicidae. This species is endemic to the United States....
- Oreohelix strigosa (Gould, 1846)
- Oreohelix subrudisOreohelix subrudisOreohelix subrudis is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Oreohelicidae....
(Reeve, 1854) - Oreohelix vortex - vortex banded mountain snailVortex banded mountain snailThe vortex banded mountain snail or whorled mountain snail is a species of gastropod in the Oreohelicidae family. It is endemic to the United States....
- Oreohelix waltoni - lava rock mountain snailLava rock mountain snailThe lava rock mountain snail, also known as Walton's banded mountain snail, scientific name Oreohelix waltoni, is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Oreohelicidae. This species is endemic to the United States....
Further reading
- Pilsbry H. A. (1948). "Inland Mollusks of Northern Mexico. I. The genera HumboldtianaHumboldtianaHumboldtiana is a genus of American air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Humboldtianidae.-Anatomy:Snails in this genus create and use love darts as part of their mating behavior....
, SonorellaSonorellaSonorella is a genus of land snails, a gastropod in the Helminthoglyptidae family.- Species :Species in the genus Sonorella include:* Sonorella allynsmithi* Sonorella christenseni* Sonorella eremita - San Xavier talussnail...
, Oreohelix and AshmunellaAshmunellaAshmunella is a genus of small, air-breathing, land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod molluscs in the family Polygyridae.-Species:Species and subspecies within the genus Ashmunella include:*Ashmunella levettei...
". Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 100: 185-203.