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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) and 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 (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