Helicopsis

Helicopsis
Drawing of apical, apertural and umbilical view of a shell of Helicopsis striata
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Heterobranchia
clade Euthyneura
clade Panpulmonata
clade Eupulmonata
clade Stylommatophora
informal group Sigmurethra
Superfamily: Helicoidea
Family: Hygromiidae
Subfamily: Hygromiinae
Tribe: Trochulini
Genus: Helicopsis
Fitzinger, 1833[1]
Diversity
at least 14 species (in this list)

Helicopsis is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Hygromiidae, the hairy snails and their allies.

Distribution

Distribution of the genus Helicopsis range Central and eastern Europe to Iran.[2]

Species

Species within the genus Helicopsis include:

Synonyms:

References

  1. (German) Fitzinger L. I. (1833). "Systematisches Verzeichniß der im Erzherzogthume Oesterreich vorkommenden Weichthiere, als Prodrom einer Fauna derselben". Beiträge zur Landeskunde Oesterreich's unter der Enns 3: 88-122. Wien. page 101.
  2. [ "Genus summary for Helicopsis"]. AnimalBase, last update 7 April 2008, accessed 11 June 2012.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 "Species in genus Helicopsis" (n=13). AnimalBase, accessed 11 June 2012.
  4. Seddon M. B. (1996). Helicopsis conopsis. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 7 August 2007.
  5. Martínez-Ortí A. (2011). "Xerocrassa ripacurcica". In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 11 June 2012.
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