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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).
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).
Subtaxa
Synonymy list
Year | Name and author |
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1815 | Helicidae Rafinesque |
2002 | Helicidae Harzhauser and Kowalke p. 77 |
2005 | Helicidae Bouchet et al. p. 269 |
2017 | Helicidae Bouchet et al. p. 366 |
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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. 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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†Gastrodonta evanstonensis sinclairi Cockerell 1912
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. Otala Schumacher 1817
G. Palaeotachea Jooss 1912
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†Palaeotachea renevieri Maillard 1892
Palaeotachea silvana Klein 1853
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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 doderleini Brusina 1897
†Tacheocampylaea raspaili Payraudeau 1826
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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Age range
Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Bridgerian to the top of the Holocene or 50.30000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 48.6 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 48.6 Ma
Collections (113 total)
Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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Early/Lower Eocene | USA (Wyoming) | Hendersonia evanstonensis, Grangerella sinclairi (15081) | |
Bridgerian | USA (Wyoming) | Helix wyomingensis (106325) | |
Bartonian | United Kingdom (England) | Helix sp., Helix occlusa (39014) | |
Chattian | Switzerland (Canton Solothurn) | Cepaea rugulosa (182805) | |
Aquitanian | Germany | Palaeotachea sp. (182615 182669 182893) | |
Aquitanian | France | Cepaea subglobosa (74861) | |
Agenian | Switzerland (Fribourg) | Helicidae indet. (203089 203090 203091 203092 203093 203094) | |
Early/Lower Miocene | Greece (Lesvos) | Helicidae indet. (186558) | |
Burdigalian | Germany | Megalotachea silvana (182599 182600 182602 182670 182875 182877 182879 182880 182881) Palaeotachea sp., Megalotachea silvana (182605) | |
Burdigalian | Germany (Baden-Württemberg) | Cepaea sp. (49102) | |
Burdigalian | Serbia and Montenegro (Serbia) | Cepaea sp. (39714) | |
Orleanian | Germany (Baden-Wurttemberg) | Cepaea silvana (106002) | |
MN 4 | Austria (Styria) | Helicigona sp. (74538) Megalotachea turonensis (74539) | |
MN 4 | Spain (Catalonia) | Helix sp. (176265) | |
Langhian | Germany (Bayern) | Cepaea sp. (45598 45604 45605 45612 45613) | |
Langhian | Germany (Baden-Wurttemberg) | Megalotachea silvana (199608) | |
Langhian | Germany | Megalotachea silvana (231121) Megalotachea silvana, Palaeotachea renevieri (231122 231123) Palaeotachea silvana (231119 231120) | |
Langhian | Germany (Bavaria) | Helicidae indet., Cepaea eversa, Cepaea sylvestrina (34615) | |
MN 5 | Portugal (Região Centro) | Helix spp. (136334) | |
MN 5 | Germany (Baden-Württemberg) | Megalotachea silvana (172947 172951) Megalotachea silvana, Palaeotachea renevieri (172950) Palaeotachea renevieri, Cepaea sp. (48325) | |
MN 5 | Germany (Baden-Wurttemberg) | Palaeotachea renevieri, Cepaea silvana (175727) | |
MN 5 | Germany | 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 5 | Germany (Bavaria) | Megalotachea silvana (205187) | |
MN 5 - MN 6 | Germany (Bayern) | Cepaea sp., Cepaea eversa, Cepaea sylvestrina (48471) | |
MN 5 - MN 6 | Poland | Helicidae indet. (31040) | |
MN 6 | Poland | Agalactochilus silesiacus, Helicigona atava (231087) Helix silesiaca, Pleurodonte ehingensis (231086) | |
MN 6 | Germany | Megalotachea silvana, Palaeotachea renevieri (231126 231129) | |
MN 6 | Germany (Bayern) | Cepaea sp. (45603 45614) | |
MN 6 - MN 7 + 8 | Hungary (Nograd) | Cepaea sp. (167497 167509) | |
MN 7 + 8 | Switzerland (Thurgau) | Helicidae indet., Cepaea sp. (46277) | |
Sarmatian | Austria | Cepaea gottschicki (106570) Cepaea silvestrina (73299) Cepaea sp. (77428) | |
Tortonian | Serbia and Montenegro (Serbia) | Helix sp. (39709) | |
Vallesian | Spain (Catalonia) | Helix sp. (38975) | |
Late/Upper Miocene | Greece (Thraki) | Helix sp. (205293) | |
MN 9 | Hungary (Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén) | Helicigona sp. (75481) | |
MN 9 | Austria | Cepaea etelkae (231088) | |
MN 11 | Austria (Burgenland) | Tacheocampylaea doderleini (37789) | |
MN 11 | Austria (Niederoesterreich) | Cepaea etelkae (231092) Cepaea sp. (32649) | |
Turolian | Spain (Valencia) | H. sp., Cepaea sp. (40758) | |
Messinian | Algeria | Helicidae indet. (70884) | |
Pliocene - Pleistocene | Italy (Umbria) | Helicidae indet. (51766) | |
Pliocene - Pleistocene | Spain (Andalucia) | Helicidae indet. (35233 35240) | |
Villanyian | Spain (Granada) | Helicidae indet. (35222 35223 35226) H. sp. (35227) | |
Gelasian | Algeria | 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) | |
Pleistocene | Malta | Helix aspersa, Helix candidissima, Helix aperta, Helix sprattii, Helix vermiculata (190860) | |
Pleistocene | Spain | Helix sp. (176768) | |
Calabrian | Spain (Murcia) | Iberus gualtieranus (34128) | |
Middle Pleistocene | Spain (Granada) | Cepaea sp. (34985) | |
Middle Pleistocene | Tunisia (Kef) | Helix melanostoma (196971) | |
Middle Pleistocene | France (Corse) | Tacheocampylaea raspaili, Marmorana serpentina (69062) | |
Middle Pleistocene | Hungary (Borsodabaujzemplen) | Cepaea vindobonensis (35472) | |
Middle Pleistocene | Germany (Rheinland-Pfalz) | Cepaea nemoralis (50056) Cepaea sp. (50194) | |
Middle Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene | USA (California) | Helix tudiculata (222646) | |
Late/Upper Pleistocene | Spain | Iberus alonensis (76579) | |
Late/Upper Pleistocene | Greece (Serres) | Helicidae indet. (204956) | |
Late/Upper Pleistocene | Morocco | Helix pisana (127594 127598 127599) | |
Holocene | France | Cepaea sp. (56806) |