Helicigona
Helicigona | |
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Helicigona lapicida | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Order: | Stylommatophora |
Superfamily: | Helicoidea |
Family: | Helicidae |
Subfamily: | |
Genus: | Helicigona Férussac, 1821[1] |
Type species | |
Helix lapicida Linnaeus, 1758 | |
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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.[2][3]
Anatomy[]
These snails create and use love darts during mating.
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b8/Helicigona_lapicida_dart.jpg/220px-Helicigona_lapicida_dart.jpg)
The love dart of Helicigona lapicida
Species[]
Species within the genus Helicigona include:[4]
- † Wenz, 1927
- † (Locard, 1883)
- Helicigona lapicida (Linnaeus, 1758)
- † H. Binder, 2002
- † Schlickum & Strauch, 1979
- Helicigona trizona
- † Soós, 1934
References[]
- ^ 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.
- ^ https://www.uniprot.org/taxonomy/145623
- ^ 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
- ^ http://zipcodezoo.com/Key/Animalia/Helicigona_Genus.asp[dead link]
External links[]
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Categories:
- Helicidae
- Gastropod genera
- Helicidae stubs