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Helicoidea

Gastropoda - Heterostropha

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1815Helicoidea Rafinesque
2002Helicoidea Harzhauser and Kowalke p. 77
2005Helicoidea Bouchet et al. p. 269
2017Helicoidea Bouchet et al. p. 366

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classGastropoda
orderHeterostropha()
infraclassEuthyneura(Spengel 1881)
RankNameAuthor
—TectipleuraSchrödl et al. 2011
—PanpulmonataJörger et al. 2010
superorderEupulmonata(Haszprunar and Huber 1990)
suborderGeophila(Férussac 1819)
orderStylommatophora(Schmidt 1856)
suborderHelicina
infraorderHelicoidei
superfamilyHelicoideaRafinesque 1815
superfamilyHelicoideaRafinesque 1815

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Superfm. Helicoidea Rafinesque 1815
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Fm. Camaenidae Pilsbry 1895
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G. †Amphidromus Albers 1850
G. Labyrinthus Beck 1837 [land snail]
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†Labyrinthus obtusus Anderson and Hanna 1925
G. Planispira Beck 1837
G. †Pleurodonte Fischer and Waldheim 1807
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Subg. Pleurodonte (Pleurodonte) Fischer von Waldheim 1807
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†Pleurodonte michalkovaci Binder and Harzhauser 2008
†Pleurodonte norica Binder 2004
G. Zachrysia Pilsbry 1894 [land snail]
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†Zachrysia fraterna Roth 1988
Fm. Elonidae Gittenberger 1979
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Subfm. Klikiinae Nordsieck 1986
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G. Apula Boettger 1909
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Apula coarctata Klein 1853
†Klikia (Apula) goniostoma Sandberger 1875
†Klikia (Apula) vindobonensis Harzhauser and Binder 2004
G. Klikia Pilsbry 1895
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Subg. †Klikia (Klikia) Pilsbry 1895
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†Klikia (Klikia) trolli Lueger 1981
Subg. †Klikia (Steklovia) Schlickum and Strauch 1972
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†Klikia (Steklovia) magna Lueger 1981
†Klikia devexa Reuss 1861
†Klikia devexa robusta Binder 2004
†Klikia giengensis Klein 1846
G. Pseudochloritis Boettger 1909
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Invalid names: Helix inflexa Klein 1847 [synonym], Oxychilus subnitens Seemann 1926 [synonym]
Fm. Geomitridae Boettger 1909
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G. Cernuella Schlüter 1838
G. Trochoidea Brown 1827
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G. Xerosecta Monterosato 1892
Fm. Helicidae Rafinesque 1815
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Subfm. Ariantinae Mörch 1864
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G. †Agalactochilus Kadolsky et al. 2016
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†Agalactochilus silesiacus Andreae 1902
G. Helicigona Risso 1826
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Subg. Helicigona (Helicigona) Ferussac 1821
†Helicigona atava Wenz 1927
G. Cepaea Held 1838
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†Cepaea etelkae Halavats 1923
†Cepaea eversa Deshayes 1851
†Cepaea sylvestrina Schlotheim 1820
G. Eremina Pfeiffer 1855
G. Helix Linnaeus 1758
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Subg. Helix (Iberus) Montfort 1910
Subg. Helix (Macularia) Albers 1850
Subg. Helix (Patula) Held 1838
Subg. †Helix (Tachea) Turton 1831
Subg. †Helix (Tacheocampylaea) Pfeiffer 1877
Subg. Helix (Trigonostoma) Fitzinger 1833
†Helix desmarestina Brongniart 1810
†Helix dubia Deshayes 1824
†Helix evanstonensis White 1878
†Helix ferrantii Deshayes 1824
†Helix lemani Brongniart 1810
†Helix moroguesi Brongniart 1810
†Helix tristani Brongniart 1810
G. Marmorana Hartman 1844
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†Marmorana serpentina Ferussac 1826
G. Massylaea Möllendorff 1898
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Massylaea massylaea Morelet 1851
Massylaea vermiculata Müller 1774
G. Megalotachea Pfeffer 1930
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†Megalotachea turonensis Deshayes 1831
G. Otala Schumacher 1817
G. Palaeotachea Jooss 1912
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†Palaeotachea renevieri Maillard 1892
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Invalid names: Cepaea dentula Ehrat and Jooss 1921 [synonym], Cepaea silvana Wenz 1923 [synonym]
G. Tacheocampylaea Pfeiffer 1877
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†Tacheocampylaea raspaili Payraudeau 1826
Fm. Helicodontidae Kobelt 1904
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G. Helicodonta Ferussac 1821
Fm. Hygromiidae Tryon 1866
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G. Caracollina Beck 1837
G. †Helicopsis Fitzinger 1833
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†Helicopsis piedmontanica Harzhauser et al. 2015
G. Leucochroopsis Boettger 1908
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Subfm. Monachainae Wenz 1930
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G. †Euomphalia Westerlund 1889
G. †Pseudoxerotricha Boettger 1911
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G. Trochulus Chemnitz 1786
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Invalid names: Trichia Hartmann 1840 [synonym]
G. Urticicola Lindholm 1927
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†Urticicola perchtae Salvador 2013
Fm. Pleurodontidae Ihering 1912
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G. Ganesella Blanford 1863
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Ganesella martini Oostingh 1935
Fm. Polygyridae Pilsbry 1895
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G. Daedalochila Beck 1837
G. †Euchemotrema Archer 1939
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†Euchemotrema occidaneum Roth and Emberton 1994
G. Patera Albers 1850
G. Polygyra Say 1818
G. Triodopsis Rafinesque 1819
Fm. Sphincterochilidae Zilch 1960
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G. Sphincterochila Ancey 1887
Fm. Trissexodontidae Nordsieck 1987
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G. Praeoestophorella Pfeffer 1930
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Invalid names: Caracollina phacodes Rasser 2013 [synonym], Oestophora phacodes Ehrat and Jooss 1921 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: epifaunalc
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2004-02-29 11:40:59
Modified: 2010-02-11 01:35:02
Source: c = class
Reference: Kiessling 2004

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Early/Lower Albian to the top of the Holocene or 113.20000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 93.9 Ma

Collections (191 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Albian - Early/Lower Cenomanian113.2 - 93.9Argentina (Santa Cruz) Patera sp. (149928)
Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0USA (Texas) Patera romeri (205510)
Early/Lower Eocene56.0 - 48.07USA (Wyoming) Hendersonia evanstonensis, Grangerella sinclairi (15081)
Eocene56.0 - 33.9USA (California) Helminthoglypta obtusa (183453)
Wasatchian54.9 - 50.5USA (Wyoming) Polygyra sp. (15793)
Bridgerian50.5 - 46.2USA (Wyoming) Helix wyomingensis (106325)
Lutetian48.07 - 41.03USA (California) Zachrysia fraterna (16712)
Early/Lower Uintan46.2 - 39.7USA (California) Camaenidae indet. (16695)
Uintan46.2 - 39.7USA (Texas) Camaenidae indet. (199930)
Bartonian41.03 - 37.71United Kingdom (England) Helix sp., Helix occlusa, Amphidromus ellipticus (39014)
Duchesnean39.7 - 37.0USA (Texas) Pleurodonte sp., Pleurodonte wilsoni (16828)
Chadronian37.0 - 33.9USA (Texas) Pleurodonte wilsoni (16894 16931 17016)
Chattian27.3 - 23.04Switzerland (Canton Solothurn) Cepaea rugulosa (182805)
Chattian - Aquitanian27.3 - 20.45USA (Florida) Pleurodonte cunctator (61073 61096 61100 61128) Pleurodonte haruspica, Pleurodonte cunctator (61051) Pleurodonte kendrickensis (61072) Polygyra adamnis, Pleurodonte haruspica, Pleurodonte crusta, Pleurodonte cunctator, Pleurodonte diespiter (60985)
Late/Upper Oligocene - Early/Lower Miocene27.3 - 15.98USA (Montana) Euchemotrema occidaneum, Triodopsis sp. (200342) Patera sp. (200343)
Aquitanian23.04 - 20.45France Cepaea subglobosa (74861)
Aquitanian23.04 - 20.45Germany Palaeotachea sp. (182615 182669 182893)
Agenian23.04 - 20.0Switzerland (Fribourg) Helicidae indet. (203089 203090 203091 203092 203093 203094)
Early/Lower Miocene23.04 - 15.98Switzerland (Aargau) Helicoidea indet. (201974)
Early/Lower Miocene23.04 - 15.98Greece (Lesvos) Helicidae indet. (186558)
Burdigalian20.45 - 15.98Germany Megalotachea silvana (182599 182600 182670 182875 182877 182879 182880 182881) Megalotachea silvana, Leucochroopsis sp. (182602) Palaeotachea sp., Megalotachea silvana, Leucochroopsis sp. (182605)
Burdigalian20.45 - 15.98Germany (Baden-Württemberg) Cepaea sp. (49102)
Burdigalian20.45 - 15.98Serbia and Montenegro (Serbia) Cepaea sp. (39714)
Orleanian20.0 - 15.98Germany (Baden-Wurttemberg) Cepaea silvana (106002)
MN 416.9 - 15.98Spain (Catalonia) Helix sp. (176265)
MN 416.9 - 15.98Austria Klikia devexa, Klikia giengensis, Pleurodonte norica (231081)
MN 416.9 - 15.98Austria (Styria) Helicigona sp. (74538) Megalotachea turonensis (74539)
Langhian15.98 - 13.82Germany Apula coarctata, Pseudochloritis incrassata, Leucochroopsis kleinii, Klikia giengensis, Palaeotachea silvana (231119) Apula coarctata, Pseudochloritis incrassata, Leucochroopsis kleinii, Praeoestophorella phacodes, Palaeotachea silvana (231120) Pseudochloritis incrassata, Megalotachea silvana (231121) Pseudochloritis incrassata, Megalotachea silvana, Palaeotachea renevieri (231122 231123)
Langhian15.98 - 13.82Germany (Bavaria) Helicidae indet., Leucochroopsis kleinii, Cepaea eversa, Cepaea sylvestrina, Tropidomphalus incrassatus (34615)
Langhian15.98 - 13.82Germany (Bayern) Cepaea sp. (45598 45604 45605 45612 45613)
Langhian15.98 - 13.82Germany (Baden-Wurttemberg) Pseudochloritis incrassata, Megalotachea silvana (199608)
MN 515.98 - 13.82Germany (Baden-Wurttemberg) Palaeotachea renevieri, Tropidomphalus zellii, Cepaea silvana, Klikia coarctata (175727)
MN 515.98 - 13.82Portugal (Região Centro) Helix spp. (136334)
MN 515.98 - 13.82Germany (Baden-Württemberg) Apula coarctata, Megalotachea silvana, Helicodonta involuta, Praeoestophorella phacodes, Leucochroopsis kleini (172951) Apula coarctata, Pseudochloritis incrassata, Megalotachea silvana, Helicodonta involuta, Praeoestophorella phacodes, Leucochroopsis kleini, Palaeotachea renevieri (172950) Leucochroopsis kleini (172952) Megalotachea silvana, Leucochroopsis kleini (172947) Praeoestophorella phacodes (172953) Pseudochloritis incrassata, Palaeotachea renevieri, Cepaea sp., Leucochroopsis sp. (48325)
MN 515.98 - 13.82Germany Helicidae indet. (231117) Helicidae indet., Cepaea eversa, Cepaea sylvestrina, Tropidomphalus incrassatus (231111 231113 231115) Helicidae indet., Cepaea eversa, Tropidomphalus incrassatus (231116) Helicidae indet., Helicodonta sp., Klikia coarctata, Cepaea eversa, Cepaea sylvestrina, Tropidomphalus incrassatus (231109) Helicidae indet., Helicodontidae indet., Leucochroopsis kleinii, Klikia coarctata, Cepaea eversa, Cepaea sylvestrina, Tropidomphalus incrassatus, Urticicola perchtae (231112) Helicidae indet., Tropidomphalus incrassatus (231110) Megalotachea silvana, Palaeotachea renevieri (231128) Pseudochloritis incrassata, Megalotachea silvana (231124 231125) Pseudochloritis incrassata, Megalotachea silvana, Klikia sp., Palaeotachea renevieri (231127) Pseudochloritis incrassata, Megalotachea silvana, Palaeotachea renevieri (231118)
MN 515.98 - 13.82Germany (Bavaria) Pseudochloritis incrassata, Megalotachea silvana, Klikia sp. (205187)
MN 5 - MN 615.98 - 12.75Germany (Bayern) Cepaea sp., Klikia coarctata, Cepaea eversa, Cepaea sylvestrina, Tropidomphalus incrassatus (48471)
MN 5 - MN 615.98 - 12.75Poland Helicidae indet. (31040)
Middle Miocene15.98 - 11.63Grenada Pleurodonte lehneri (58677 58680 58682 58683)
MN 613.82 - 12.75Germany (Bayern) Cepaea sp. (45603 45614)
MN 613.82 - 12.75Germany Megalotachea silvana, Palaeotachea renevieri (231126 231129) Pseudochloritis incrassata (231130)
MN 613.82 - 12.75Poland Agalactochilus silesiacus, Helicigona atava, Protodrepanostoma involutum, Pseudoxerotricha neudorfensis (231087) Helicodonta involuta, Helix silesiaca, Hygromia neudorfensis, Protodrepanostoma hecklei, Hygromia devexa, Helicodonta osculum, Pleurodonte ehingensis (231086)
MN 6 - MN 7 + 813.82 - 11.1Hungary (Nograd) Cepaea sp. (167497 167509)
Sarmatian12.8 - 11.63Austria Cepaea gottschicki (106570) Cepaea sp. (77428) Pleurodonte michalkovaci (175587)
MN 7 + 812.75 - 11.1Switzerland (Thurgau) Helicidae indet., Cepaea sp. (46277)
Vallesian11.63 - 8.725Spain (Catalonia) Helix sp. (38975)
Tortonian11.63 - 7.246Serbia and Montenegro (Serbia) Helix sp. (39709)
Late/Upper Miocene11.63 - 5.333Greece (Thraki) Helix sp. (205293)
MN 911.1 - 9.67Austria Klikia trolli, Tropidomphalus richarzi, Cepaea etelkae (231088) Klikia vindobonensis (231089 231093)
MN 911.1 - 9.67Hungary (Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén) Trichia sp., Helicigona sp. (75481)
MN 109.67 - 8.725Austria Klikia trolli, Tropidomphalus richarzi (231090) Tropidomphalus richarzi (231091)
MN 118.725 - 7.9Austria (Burgenland) Tacheocampylaea doderleini (37789)
MN 118.725 - 7.9Austria (Niederoesterreich) Cepaea sp., Leucochroopsis kleini, Klikia goniostoma (32649) Klikia trolli, Leucochroopsis kleini, Tropidomphalus richarzi, Klikia goniostoma, Cepaea etelkae (231092)
Turolian8.725 - 5.09Greece (Central Macedonia) Helicoidea indet., Klikia goniostoma (32189)
Turolian8.725 - 5.09Spain (Valencia) Helicidae sp., Cepaea sp. (40758)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Italy (Piedmont) Helicopsis piedmontanica (172910 172914 172915 199859)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Italy Helicopsis piedmontanica (172924)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Algeria Helicidae indet. (70884)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58Indonesia Ganesella martini (84520 84533 84536)
Pliocene - Pleistocene5.333 - 0.0117Italy (Umbria) Helicidae indet. (51766)
Pliocene - Pleistocene5.333 - 0.0117Spain (Andalucia) Helicidae indet. (35233 35240)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.58Papua New Guinea (Morobe) Planispira sp. (239811)
Villafranchian3.55 - 1.8Spain (Granada) Helicidae indet. (35222 35223 35226) Helicidae sp. (35227)
Gelasian2.58 - 1.8Algeria Helicidae indet., Geomitridae indet., Trochoidea trochoides, Xerosecta sp., Cernuella sp., Massylaea massylaea, Massylaea vermiculata, Otala sp. 1, Otala sp. 2, Eremina sp. (231185) Helicidae indet., Geomitridae indet., Xerosecta sp., Cernuella sp., Sphincterochila sp., Massylaea massylaea, Massylaea vermiculata, Otala sp. 1 (231186) Massylaea massylaea, Eremina sp. (231187)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117USA (Florida) Daedalochila subclausa (227375 227398) Daedalochila subclausa, Polygyra septemvolva (227389 227390 227391) Daedalochila subclausa, Polygyra septemvolva, Triodopsis hopetonensis (227395 227396) Daedalochila subclausa, Triodopsis hopetonensis (227385 227392 227397) Polygyra septemvolva (227388 227399) Polygyra septemvolva, Triodopsis hopetonensis (227387) Triodopsis hopetonensis (227400)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117France (Haute-Normandie Region) Trichia hispida (36392 36426)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117Malta Helix aspersa, Helix candidissima, Helix aperta, Helix sprattii, Helix vermiculata (190860)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117Spain Helix sp. (176768)
Pleistocene - Holocene2.58 - 0.0Cuba (Matanzas) Zachrysia auricoma (152870)
Calabrian1.8 - 0.774Spain (Murcia) Iberus gualtieranus, Sphincterochila candidissima (34128)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Tunisia (Kef) Helix melanostoma, Xerosecta cespitum, Cernuella virgata, Sphincterochila baetica (196971)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129USA (Florida) Polygyra cereolus (61310)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129France (Corse) Tacheocampylaea raspaili, Marmorana serpentina (69062)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Hungary (Borsodabaujzemplen) Cepaea vindobonensis (35472)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129France (Haute-Normandie region) Trichia hispida (36427)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129France (Haute-Normandie Region) Trichia hispida (36390 36391 36425)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Germany (Rheinland-Pfalz) Cepaea nemoralis (50056) Cepaea sp. (50194) Trichia hispida (36009 36013 36015 50049)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Italy (Abruzzo) Helicodonta obvoluta (68337)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Spain (Granada) Cepaea sp. (34985)
Middle Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene0.774 - 0.0117USA (California) Helix tudiculata (222646)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (high glacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Texas) Polygyra texasiana (93103)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Florida) Daedalochila uvulifera, Polygyra cereolus, Polygyra septemvolva (96538)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Greece (Serres) Helicidae indet. (204956)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Spain Iberus alonensis (76579)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Virginia) Triodopsis albolabris, Triodopsis tridentata (82258) Triodopsis burchi, Triodopsis vulgata, Triodopsis juxtidens (103991)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Thailand Amphidromus atricallosus (176213)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Morocco Helix pisana (127594 127598 127599)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Texas) Polygyra texasiana (93527)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0USA (Florida) Daedalochila subclausa (227374) Daedalochila subclausa, Triodopsis hopetonensis (227372)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0France Cepaea sp. (56806)