Helicella

Helicella
Two views of a shell of Helicella itala
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
Genus:	Helicella Férussac, 1821[1]

Helicella is a genus of small to medium-sized, air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Hygromiidae, the hairy snails and their allies.

Species

Species within the genus Helicella include:^[2]

• Helicella bolenensis (Locard, 1882)
• Helicella cistorum (Morelet, 1845)
• Helicella iberica (Rambur, 1869)
• Helicella itala (Linnaeus, 1758) - type species
• Helicella juglans (Gittenberger, 1991)
• Helicella nubigena (Saulcy, 1852)
• Helicella ordunensis (Kobelt, 1883)
• Helicella orzai (Gittenberger & Manga, 1981)
• Helicella sabulivaga (Mabille, 1881)
• Helicella stiparum (Rossmässler, 1854)
• Helicella striatitala (Prieto, 1985)
• Helicella valdeona (Gittenberger & Manga, 1977)

synonyms:

• Helicella bierzona is a synonym for Xerotricha bierzona (Gittenberger & Manga, 1977)
• Helicella gasulli is a synonym for Xerotricha gasulli (Ortiz de Zarate, 1950)
• Helicella mariae is a synonym for Xerotricha mariae (Gasull, 1972)
• Helicella zaratei is a synonym for Xerotricha zaratei (Gittenberger & Manga, 1977)
• Helicella zujarensis is a synonym for Xerotricha zujarensis (Ortiz de Zarate, 1950)

References

1. Férussac A. E. J. P. J. F. d'Audebard de [1821-1822]. Tableaux systématiques des animaux mollusques classés en familles naturelles, dans lesquels on a établi la concordance de tous les systèmes; suivis d'un prodrome général pour tous les mollusques terrestres ou fluviatiles, vivants ou fossiles. pp. j-xlvij [= 1-47], [1], 1-110, [1]. Paris, Londres.
2. "Species in genus Helicella". AnimalBase, accessed 29 June 2010.