Helicodiscidae Explained

Helicodiscidae is a family of small air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Punctoidea (according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005).

Genera

Genera within the family include:

• Lucilla Lowe, 1852^[1]
• Subfamily Helicodiscinae Pilsbry, 1927
  • Chanomphalus Strebel & Pfeffer, 1879^[2]
  • Helicodiscus Morse, 1864 - the type genus
  • Polygyriscus Pilsbry, 1948
  • Speleodiscoides A.G. Smith, 1957
  • Radiodiscus - may belong in the Charopidae
• Subfamily Stenopylinae Thiele, 1931
  • Stenopylis Fulton, 1914
  • Zilchogyra

Synonyms:

• Coarctatio F. Haas, 1945: synonym of Stenopylis Fulton, 1914 (junior synonym)
• Hebetodiscus H. B. Baker, 1929: synonym of Lucilla R. T. Lowe, 1852
• Hydrophrea Climo, 1974: synonym of Lucilla R. T. Lowe, 1852

References

• Bank, R. A. (2017). Classification of the Recent terrestrial Gastropoda of the World. Last update: 16 July 2017

Notes and References

1. Horsák M., Juřičková L., Beran L., Čejka T. & Dvořák L. (2010). "Komentovaný seznam měkkýšů zjištěných ve volné přírodě České a Slovenské republiky. [Annotated list of mollusc species recorded outdoors in the Czech and Slovak Republics]". Malacologica Bohemoslovaca, Suppl. 1: 1-37. PDF.
2. Barrientos. Zaidett. 2003. Lista de especies de moluscos terrestres (Archaeogastropoda, Mesogastropoda, Archaeopulmonata, Stylommatophora, Soleolifera) informadas para Costa Rica. Revista de Biología Tropical. 51. 293–304.