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Family of gastropods From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Helicodontidae (also known as Cheese snails) is a family of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Helicoidea (according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005).[2]
| Helicodontidae | |
|---|---|
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| Three shells of Helicodonta obvoluta, two juveniles and one adult. Scale bar shows mm and cm | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Order: | Stylommatophora |
| Suborder: | Helicina |
| Infraorder: | Helicoidei |
| Superfamily: | Helicoidea |
| Family: | Helicodontidae Kobelt, 1904[1] |
| Type genus | |
| Helicodonta A. Férussac, 1821 | |
There are two subfamilies in the family Helicodontidae.
The type genus is Helicodonta Férussac, 1821.
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