Helicigona
Genus of gastropods From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Genus of gastropods From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Helicigona is a genus of medium-sized, air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Ariantinae of the family Helicidae, the typical snails.[2][3]
| Helicigona | |
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| Helicigona lapicida | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Order: | Stylommatophora |
| Superfamily: | Helicoidea |
| Family: | Helicidae |
| Subfamily: | Ariantinae |
| Genus: | Helicigona Férussac, 1821[1] |
| Type species | |
| Helix lapicida Linnaeus, 1758 | |
| Synonyms | |
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These snails create and use love darts during mating.
Species within the genus Helicigona include:[4]
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