Helicodontidae Explained

Helicodontidae 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).^[1]

Subfamilies and genera

There are two subfamilies in the family Helicodontidae.

The type genus is Helicodonta Férussac, 1821.

• subfamily Helicodontinae Kobelt, 1904 - synonym: Gonostomatinae Kobelt, 1904, Drepanostomatini Schileyko, 1991
  • Atenia Gittenberger, 1968
  • Darderia Altaba, 2006
  • Drepanostoma Porro, 1836
  • Falkneria H. Nordsieck, 1989
  • Helicodonta Férussac, 1821
  • Soosia Hesse, 1918
• subfamily Lindholmiolinae Schileyko, 1978
  • Lindholmiola Hesse, 1931

Notes and References

1. MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Helicodontidae Kobelt, 1904. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=887087 on 2021-02-01