Helicella

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
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Heterobranchia
Superorder:	Eupulmonata
Order:	Stylommatophora
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 Xerolincta Monterosato, 1892

Species

Species within the genus Helicella include:[4]

• Helicella bolenensis (Locard, 1882)
• Helicella candoni Thach, 2018
• Helicella cistorum (Morelet, 1845)
• Helicella iberica (Rambur, 1869)
• Helicella itala (Linnaeus, 1758) - type species
• Helicella juglans (Gittenberger, 1991)
• Helicella nubigena (Saulcy, 1852)
• Helicella ordunensis (Kobelt, 1883)
• Helicella orzai (Gittenberger & Manga, 1981)
• Helicella sabulivaga (Mabille, 1881)
• Helicella stiparum (Rossmässler, 1854)
• Helicella striatitala 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)

References

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. 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 2021-02-01
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.