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Helicidae

Gastropoda - Heterostropha - Helicidae

Taxonomy
Helicidae was named by Rafinesque (1815). It is extant.

It was assigned to Gastropoda by Rafinesque (1815); and to Helicoidea by Harzhauser and Kowalke (2002), Bouchet et al. (2005), Bouchet et al. (2017).

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

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 (Epiphragmophora) Doering 1875
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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
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 Maastrichtian to the top of the Holocene or 72.20000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 66.0 Ma

Collections (132 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0USA (Texas) Helix sp. (205510)
Thanetian - Ypresian59.24 - 48.07Pakistan (Baluchistan) Helix sp. (101941)
Early/Lower Eocene56.0 - 48.07USA (Wyoming) Hendersonia evanstonensis, Grangerella sinclairi (15081)
Eocene56.0 - 33.9Spain (Aragon) Helix sp. (39017)
Bridgerian50.5 - 46.2USA (Wyoming) Helix wyomingensis (106325)
Bartonian41.03 - 37.71United Kingdom (England) Helix sp., Helix occlusa (39014)
Late/Upper Eocene37.71 - 33.9United Kingdom (England) Helix durbani, Helix omphalus, Helix occlusa, Helix headonensis (40814) Helix occlusa (40412) Helix occlusa, Helix labyrinthica (40880) Helix omphalus (40293)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9United Kingdom (England) Helix labyrinthicus, Helix striatella (39643)
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 27.3Mexico (Nuevo Leon) Helix sp. (43080 43081)
Chattian27.3 - 23.04Switzerland (Canton Solothurn) Cepaea rugulosa (182805)
Aquitanian23.04 - 20.45Germany Palaeotachea sp. (182615 182669 182893)
Aquitanian23.04 - 20.45France Cepaea subglobosa (74861)
Agenian23.04 - 20.0Switzerland (Fribourg) Helicidae indet. (203089 203090 203091 203092 203093 203094)
Early/Lower Miocene23.04 - 15.98Greece (Lesvos) Helicidae indet. (186558)
Burdigalian20.45 - 15.98Germany Megalotachea silvana (182599 182600 182602 182670 182875 182877 182879 182880 182881) Palaeotachea sp., Megalotachea silvana (182605)
Burdigalian20.45 - 15.98Serbia (Serbia) Cepaea sp. (39714)
Burdigalian20.45 - 15.98Spain (Valencia) Helix sp. (40031)
Burdigalian20.45 - 15.98Germany (Baden-Württemberg) Cepaea sp. (49102)
Orleanian20.0 - 15.98Germany (Baden-Wurttemberg) Cepaea silvana (106002)
MN 416.9 - 15.98Austria (Styria) Helicigona sp. (74538) Megalotachea turonensis (74539)
MN 416.9 - 15.98Spain (Catalonia) Helix sp. (176265)
Langhian15.98 - 13.82Germany (Baden-Wurttemberg) Megalotachea silvana (199608)
Langhian15.98 - 13.82Germany (Bayern) Cepaea sp. (45598 45604 45605 45612 45613)
Langhian15.98 - 13.82Germany Megalotachea silvana (231121) Megalotachea silvana, Palaeotachea renevieri (231122 231123) Palaeotachea silvana (231119 231120)
Langhian15.98 - 13.82Germany (Bavaria) Helicidae indet., Cepaea eversa, Cepaea sylvestrina (34615)
MN 515.98 - 13.82Germany (Baden-Wurttemberg) Palaeotachea renevieri, Cepaea silvana (175727)
MN 515.98 - 13.82Germany (Baden-Württemberg) Megalotachea silvana (172947 172951) Megalotachea silvana, Palaeotachea renevieri (172950) Palaeotachea renevieri, Cepaea sp. (48325)
MN 515.98 - 13.82Germany Helicidae indet. (231110 231117) Helicidae indet., Cepaea eversa (231116) Helicidae indet., Cepaea eversa, Cepaea sylvestrina (231109 231111 231112 231113 231115) Megalotachea silvana (231124 231125) Megalotachea silvana, Palaeotachea renevieri (231118 231127 231128)
MN 515.98 - 13.82Germany (Bavaria) Megalotachea silvana (205187)
MN 515.98 - 13.82Portugal (Região Centro) Helix spp. (136334)
MN 5 - MN 615.98 - 12.75Germany (Bayern) Cepaea sp., Cepaea eversa, Cepaea sylvestrina (48471)
MN 5 - MN 615.98 - 12.75Poland Helicidae indet. (31040)
MN 613.82 - 12.75Germany Megalotachea silvana, Palaeotachea renevieri (231126 231129)
MN 613.82 - 12.75Poland Agalactochilus silesiacus, Helicigona atava (231087) Helix silesiaca, Pleurodonte ehingensis (231086)
MN 613.82 - 12.75Portugal (Santarém) Helix cotteri (38139)
MN 613.82 - 12.75Germany (Bayern) Cepaea sp. (45603 45614)
MN 6 - MN 7 + 813.82 - 11.1Hungary (Nograd) Cepaea sp. (167497 167509)
Sarmatian12.8 - 11.63Türkiye Helix sp. (56563)
Sarmatian12.8 - 11.63Austria Cepaea gottschicki (106570) Cepaea sp. (77428)
MN 7 + 812.75 - 11.1Switzerland (Thurgau) Helicidae indet., Cepaea sp. (46277)
Vallesian11.63 - 8.725Spain (Catalonia) Helix sp. (38975)
Tortonian11.63 - 7.246Serbia (Serbia) Helix sp. (39709)
Late/Upper Miocene11.63 - 5.333Greece (Thraki) Helix sp. (205293)
MN 911.1 - 9.67Austria Cepaea etelkae (231088)
MN 911.1 - 9.67Hungary (Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén) Helicigona sp. (75481)
MN 118.725 - 7.9Austria (Burgenland) Tacheocampylaea doderleini (37789)
MN 118.725 - 7.9Austria (Niederoesterreich) Cepaea etelkae (231092) Cepaea sp. (32649)
Turolian8.725 - 5.09Spain (Valencia) H. sp., Cepaea sp. (40758)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Algeria Helicidae indet. (70884)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58Romania (Suceava) Helix mrazeci (34620)
Pliocene - Pleistocene5.333 - 0.0117Italy (Umbria) Helicidae indet. (51766)
Pliocene - Pleistocene5.333 - 0.0117Spain (Andalucia) Helicidae indet. (35233 35240)
Ruscinian5.09 - 3.55Türkiye (Ankara) Helix cincta (34370)
Villafranchian3.55 - 1.8Spain (Granada) Helicidae indet. (35222 35223 35226) H. sp. (35227)
Gelasian2.58 - 1.8Algeria Helicidae indet., Massylaea massylaea, Massylaea vermiculata, Otala sp. 1 (231186) Helicidae indet., Massylaea massylaea, Massylaea vermiculata, Otala sp. 1, Otala sp. 2, Eremina sp. (231185) Massylaea massylaea, Eremina sp. (231187)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774Germany (Baden-Wuerttemberg) Helix sp. (50274)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117Spain Helix sp. (176768)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117Malta Helix aspersa, Helix candidissima, Helix aperta, Helix sprattii, Helix vermiculata (190860)
Calabrian1.8 - 0.774Spain (Murcia) Iberus gualtieranus (34128)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Tunisia (Kef) Helix melanostoma (196971)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Germany (Rheinland-Pfalz) Cepaea nemoralis (50056) Cepaea sp. (50194)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Spain (Granada) Cepaea sp. (34985) Helix sp. (34842)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129France (Corse) Tacheocampylaea raspaili, Marmorana serpentina (69062)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Hungary (Borsodabaujzemplen) Cepaea vindobonensis (35472)
Middle Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene0.774 - 0.0117USA (California) Helix tudiculata (222646)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (California) Helix sp. (222660)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Morocco Helix pisana (127594 127598 127599)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (glacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (California) Epiphragmophora mormonum (155393)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Spain Iberus alonensis (76579)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Israel Helix cavata (225667)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Greece (Serres) Helicidae indet. (204956)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0France Cepaea sp. (56806)