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 | |
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Two views of a shell of Helicella itala | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Heterobranchia |
Order: | Stylommatophora |
Infraorder: | Helicoidei |
Superfamily: | Helicoidea |
Family: | Geomitridae |
Genus: | Helicella Férussac, 1821[1] |
Type species | |
Helix itala Linnaeus, 1758 | |
Synonyms | |
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Species within the genus Helicella include:[4]