Misplaced Pages

Helicigona

Article snapshot taken from Wikipedia with creative commons attribution-sharealike license. Give it a read and then ask your questions in the chat. We can research this topic together.
Genus of gastropods

Helicigona
Helicigona lapicida
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Stylommatophora
Superfamily: Helicoidea
Family: Helicidae
Subfamily: Ariantinae
Genus: Helicigona
Férussac, 1821
Type species
Helix lapicida Linnaeus, 1758
Synonyms
  • Chilotrema W. Turton, 1831
  • Helicigona (Helicigona) A. Férussac, 1821· accepted, alternate representation
  • Helix (Helicigona) Férussac, 1821
  • Latomus Fitzinger, 1833
  • Lenticula Held, 1838

Helicigona is a genus of medium-sized, air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Ariantinae of the family Helicidae, the typical snails.

Anatomy

These snails create and use love darts during mating.

The love dart of Helicigona lapicida

Species

Species within the genus Helicigona include:

References

  1. Férussac A. E. J. P. J. F. d'Audebard de . 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 , , 1-110, . Paris, Londres.
  2. "Helicigona".
  3. 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
  4. "Helicigona (Genus)". zipcodezoo.com. Archived from the original on 2012-03-29.
Taxon identifiers
Helicigona


Stub icon

This Helicidae-related article is a stub. You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it.

Categories: