Helicella is a genus of small to medium-sized, air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Helicellinae of the family Geomitridae,[2] the hairy snails and their allies.[3]

Helicella
Two views of a shell of Helicella itala
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Stylommatophora
Infraorder: Helicoidei
Superfamily: Helicoidea
Family: Geomitridae
Genus: Helicella
Férussac, 1821[1]
Type species
Helix itala Linnaeus, 1758
Synonyms
  • Helicella (Helicella) A. Férussac, 1821
  • Helicella (Jacosta) Gray, 1821 (new combination)
  • Helix (Helicella) A. Férussac, 1821 (original rank)
  • Planatella Clessin, 1876
  • Xerobulla Monterosato, 1892
  • Xerofriga Monterosato, 1892
  • Xerolaxa Monterosato, 1892

Species

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Species within the genus Helicella include:[4]

Synonyms
  • Helicella arcadiana Schileyko, 1967: synonym of Kalitinaia arcadiana (Schileyko, 1967) (original combination)
  • Helicella barcinensis (Bourguignat, 1868): synonym of Xerotricha barcinensis (Bourguignat, 1868) (superseded combination)
  • Helicella bierzonaE. Gittenberger & Manga, 1977: synonym for Xerotricha bierzona (Gittenberger & Manga, 1977)
  • Helicella cobosi Ortiz de Zárate López, 1962: synonym of Xerocrassa cobosi (Ortiz de Zárate López, 1962) (original combination)
  • Helicella corderoi E. Gittenberger & Manga, 1977: synonym of Xerotricha corderoi (E. Gittenberger & Manga, 1977) (original combination)
  • Helicella depulsa L. Pintér, 1969: synonym of Xerolenta depulsa (L. Pintér, 1969) (superseded combination, basionym)
  • Helicella erjaveci Brusina, 1870: synonym of Vitrea erjaveci (Brusina, 1870) (original combination)
  • Helicella frater (Dohrn & Heynemann, 1862): synonym of Xerocrassa frater (Dohrn & Heynemann, 1862) (chresonym)
  • Helicella gasulli: synonym for Xerotricha gasulli (Ortiz de Zarate, 1950)
  • Helicella jamuzensis E. Gittenberger & Manga, 1977: synonym of Xerotricha jamuzensis (E. Gittenberger & Manga, 1977) (original combination)
  • Helicella macedonica P. Hesse, 1928: synonym of Xerolenta macedonica (P. Hesse, 1928) (original combination)
  • Helicella mangae E. Gittenberger & Raven, 1982: synonym of Xerotricha gonzalezi (Azpeitia, 1925)
  • Helicella mariae:synonym for Xerotricha mariae (Gasull, 1972)
  • Helicella mayeri Gude, 1914: synonym of Microxeromagna lowei (Potiez & Michaud, 1838) (junior synonym)
  • Helicella nitida (O. F. Müller, 1774): synonym of Zonitoides nitidus (O. F. Müller, 1774) (superseded combination)
  • Helicella obvia (Menke, 1828): synonym of Xerolenta obvia (Menke, 1828)(superseded combination)
  • Helicella paul-hessei Lindholm, 1936: synonym of Helicopsis paulhessei (Lindholm, 1936): synonym of Helicopsis filimargo filimargo (Krynicki, 18 33): synonym of Helicopsis filimargo (Krynicki, 1833) (original combination)
  • Helicella phrygostriata (Oppenheim, 1919): synonym of † Helicopsis phrygostriata (Oppenheim, 1919)
  • Helicella rhabdotoides (A. J. Wagner, 1928) synonym of Candidula rhabdotoides (A. J. Wagner, 1928) (invalid combination)
  • Helicella seetzeni (L. Pfeiffer, 1847): synonym of Xerocrassa seetzeni (L. Pfeiffer, 1847)
  • Helicella spiruloides A. J. Wagner in Hesse, 1916: synonym of Xerolenta spiruloides (A. J. Wagner, 1916) (original combination)
  • Helicella syrensis (L. Pfeiffer, 1846): synonym of Candidula syrensis (L. Pfeiffer, 1846) (superseded combination)
  • Helicella tumulorum (Webb & Berthelot, 1833): synonym of Monilearia tumulorum (Webb & Berthelot, 1833) (chresonym)
  • Helicella turolensis Ortiz de Zárate López, 1963: synonym of Xerocrassa turolensis (Ortiz de Zárate López, 1963) (original combination)
  • Helicella virgata (da Costa, 1778): synonym of Cernuella virgata (Da Costa, 1778) (superseded generic combination)
  • Helicella zaratei: synonym for Xerotricha zaratei (Gittenberger & Manga, 1977)
  • Helicella zujarensis: synonym for Xerotricha zujarensis (Ortiz de Zarate, 1950)
Taxa inquirenda
  • Helicella hamacenica (Bourguignat, 1883))
  • Helicella libidinosa Steklov, 1966
  • Helicella subnivellina (Bourguignat, 1883)
  • Helicella sunzhica Steklov, 1966

References

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  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ Razkin, Oihana; Gómez-Moliner, Benjamín Juán; Prieto, Carlos Enrique; Martínez-Ortí, Alberto; Arrébola, José Ramón; Muñoz, Benito; Chueca, Luis Javier; Madeira, María José (February 2015). "Molecular phylogeny of the western Palaearctic Helicoidea (Gastropoda, Stylommatophora)". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 83: 99–117. Bibcode:2015MolPE..83...99R. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2014.11.014. ISSN 1055-7903. PMID 25485783.
  3. ^ MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Helicella A. Férussac, 1821. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=153980 on 1 February 2021
  4. ^ "Species in genus Helicella". AnimalBase, accessed 29 June 2010.
  • Vaught, K.C.; Tucker Abbott, R.; Boss, K.J. (1989). A classification of the living Mollusca. American Malacologists: Melbourne. ISBN 0-915826-22-4. XII, 195 pp.
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