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, the hairy snails and their allies.
Species
Species within the genus Helicella include:
- Helicella bolenensis <small>(Locard, 1882)</small>
- Helicella candoni <small>Thach, 2018</small>
- Helicella cistorum <small>(Morelet, 1845)</small>
- Helicella iberica <small>(Rambur, 1869)</small>
- Helicella itala <small>(Linnaeus, 1758)</small> â type species
- Helicella juglans <small>(Gittenberger, 1991)</small>
- Helicella nubigena <small>(Saulcy, 1852)</small>
- Helicella ordunensis <small>(Kobelt, 1883)</small>
- Helicella orzai <small>(Gittenberger & Manga, 1981)</small>
- Helicella sabulivaga <small>(Mabille, 1881)</small>
- Helicella stiparum <small>(Rossmässler, 1854)</small>
- â Helicella striataformis <small>(Lörenthey, 1906)</small>
- Helicella striatitala <small>Prieto, 1985</small>
- Helicella valdeona <small>(Gittenberger & Manga, 1977)</small>
Synonyms:
- Helicella arcadiana <small>Schileyko, 1967</small>: synonym of Kalitinaia arcadiana <small>(Schileyko, 1967)</small> (original combination)
- Helicella barcinensis <small>(Bourguignat, 1868)</small>: synonym of Xerotricha barcinensis <small>(Bourguignat, 1868)</small> (superseded combination)
- Helicella bierzona<small>E. Gittenberger & Manga, 1977</small>: synonym for Xerotricha bierzona <small>(Gittenberger & Manga, 1977)</small>
- Helicella cobosi Ortiz d<small>e Zárate López, 1962</small>: synonym of Xerocrassa cobosi <small>(Ortiz de Zárate López, 1962)</small> (original combination)
- Helicella corderoi <small>E. Gittenberger & Manga, 1977</small>: synonym of Xerotricha corderoi <small>(E. Gittenberger & Manga, 1977)</small> (original combination)
- Helicella depulsa <small>L. Pintér, 1969</small>: synonym of Xerolenta depulsa <small>(L. Pintér, 1969)</small> (superseded combination, basionym)
- Helicella erjaveci <small>Brusina, 1870</small>: synonym of Vitrea erjaveci <small>(Brusina, 1870)</small> (original combination)
- Helicella frater <small>(Dohrn & Heynemann, 1862)</small>: synonym of Xerocrassa frater <small>(Dohrn & Heynemann, 1862)</small> (chresonym)
- Helicella gasulli: synonym for Xerotricha gasulli <small>(Ortiz de Zarate, 1950)</small>
- Helicella jamuzensis <small>E. Gittenberger & Manga, 1977</small>: synonym of Xerotricha jamuzensis <small>(E. Gittenberger & Manga, 1977)</small> (original combination)
- Helicella macedonica <small>P. Hesse, 1928</small>: synonym of Xerolenta macedonica <small>(P. Hesse, 1928)</small> (original combination)
- Helicella mangae <small>E. Gittenberger & Raven, 1982</small>: synonym of Xerotricha gonzalezi <small>(Azpeitia, 1925)</small>
- Helicella mariae:synonym for Xerotricha mariae <small>(Gasull, 1972)</small>
- Helicella mayeri <small>Gude, 1914</small>: synonym of Microxeromagna lowei <small>(Potiez & Michaud, 1838)</small> (junior synonym)
- Helicella nitida <small>(O. F. Müller, 1774)</small>: synonym of Zonitoides nitidus <small>(O. F. Müller, 1774)</small> (superseded combination)
- Helicella obvia <small>(Menke, 1828)</small>: synonym of Xerolenta obvia <small>(Menke, 1828)</small>(superseded combination)
- Helicella paul-hessei <small>Lindholm, 1936</small>: synonym of Helicopsis paulhessei <small>(Lindholm, 1936)</small>: synonym of Helicopsis filimargo filimargo <small>(Krynicki, 18 33)</small>: synonym of Helicopsis filimargo <small>(Krynicki, 1833)</small> (original combination)
- â Helicella phrygostriata <small>(Oppenheim, 1919)</small>: synonym of â Helicopsis phrygostriata <small>(Oppenheim, 1919)</small>
- Helicella rhabdotoides <small>(A. J. Wagner, 1928)</small> synonym of Candidula rhabdotoides <small>(A. J. Wagner, 1928)</small> (invalid combination)
- Helicella seetzeni <small>(L. Pfeiffer, 1847)</small>: synonym of Xerocrassa seetzeni <small>(L. Pfeiffer, 1847)</small>
- Helicella spiruloides <small>A. J. Wagner in Hesse, 1916</small>: synonym of Xerolenta spiruloides <small>(A. J. Wagner, 1916)</small> (original combination)
- Helicella syrensis <small>(L. Pfeiffer, 1846)</small>: synonym of Candidula syrensis <small>(L. Pfeiffer, 1846)</small> (superseded combination)
- Helicella tumulorum <small>(Webb & Berthelot, 1833)</small>: synonym of Monilearia tumulorum <small>(Webb & Berthelot, 1833)</small> (chresonym)
- Helicella turolensis <small>Ortiz de Zárate López, 1963</small>: synonym of Xerocrassa turolensis <small>(Ortiz de Zárate López, 1963)</small> (original combination)
- Helicella virgata <small>(da Costa, 1778):</small> synonym of Cernuella virgata <small>(Da Costa, 1778)</small> (superseded generic combination)
- Helicella zaratei: synonym for Xerotricha zaratei <small>(Gittenberger & Manga, 1977)</small>
- Helicella zujarensis: synonym for Xerotricha zujarensis <small>(Ortiz de Zarate, 1950)</small>
Taxa inquirenda:
- Helicella hamacenica <small>(Bourguignat, 1883)</small>)
- â Helicella libidinosa <small>Steklov, 1966</small>
- Helicella subnivellina <small>(Bourguignat, 1883)</small>
- â Helicella sunzhica <small>Steklov, 1966</small>
References
- Vaught, K.C.; Tucker Abbott, R.; Boss, K.J. (1989). A classification of the living Mollusca. American Malacologists: Melbourne. . XII, 195 pp.
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