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Helicoidea Rafinesque, 1815
153966 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:153966)
accepted
Superfamily
Hygromioidea Tryon, 1866 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
- Family Camaenidae Pilsbry, 1895
- Family Canariellidae Schileyko, 1991
- Family Cepolidae Ihering, 1909
- Family Elonidae E. Gittenberger, 1977
- Family Epiphragmophoridae H. Hoffmann, 1928
- Family Geomitridae C. R. Boettger, 1909
- Family Helicidae Rafinesque, 1815
- Family Helicodontidae Kobelt, 1904
- Family Hygromiidae Tryon, 1866
- Family Labyrinthidae Borrero, Sei, D. G. Robinson & Rosenberg, 2017
- Genus Laxecostula Harzhauser & Neubauer, 2020 †
- Family Pleurodontidae Ihering, 1912
- Family Polygyridae Pilsbry, 1895
- Family Sphincterochilidae Zilch, 1960 (1886)
- Family Thysanophoridae Pilsbry, 1926
- Family Trichodiscinidae H. Nordsieck, 1987
- Family Trissexodontidae H. Nordsieck, 1987
- Family Xanthonychidae Strebel, 1879
- Family Ariantidae Mörch, 1864 accepted as Ariantinae Mörch, 1864 (unaccepted > superseded rank)
- Family Bradybaenidae Pilsbry, 1934 (1898) accepted as Camaenidae Pilsbry, 1895 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Family Calyciidae Iredale, 1941 accepted as Hadrinae Iredale, 1937
- Tribe Canariellini Schileyko, 1991 accepted as Canariellidae Schileyko, 1991 (unaccepted > superseded rank)
- Family Chloritidae Iredale, 1938 accepted as Hadrinae Iredale, 1937
- Family Ciliellidae Schileyko, 1970 accepted as Ciliellini Schileyko, 1970 (unaccepted > superseded rank)
- Family Cochlicellidae Schileyko, 1972 accepted as Cochlicellini Schileyko, 1972
- Family Cochlicellinae Schileyko, 1972 accepted as Cochlicellini Schileyko, 1972 (unaccepted > superseded rank)
- Family Cochlostylidae von Möllendorff, 1890 accepted as Helicostylinae Ihering, 1909 (1890) (unused senior synonym)
- Family Echinichidae F. G. Thompson & Naranjo-García, 2012 accepted as Echinichinae F. G. Thompson & Naranjo-García, 2012 (unaccepted > superseded rank)
- Family Eulotidae von Möllendorff, 1898 accepted as Bradybaenini Pilsbry, 1934 (1898)
- Subfamily Fruticicolinae Kobelt, 1904 accepted as Bradybaeninae Pilsbry, 1934 (1898) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Family Hadridae Iredale, 1937 accepted as Hadrinae Iredale, 1937 (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Family Helicellidae Ihering, 1909 accepted as Hygromiidae Tryon, 1866
- Family Helminthoglyptidae Pilsbry, 1939 accepted as Helminthoglyptinae Pilsbry, 1939
- Family Humboldtianidae Pilsbry, 1939 accepted as Humboldtianinae Pilsbry, 1939 (unaccepted > superseded rank)
- Family Jacostidae Pilsbry, 1948 accepted as Helicellini Ihering, 1909 (invalid: type genus placed on the Official Index)
- Family Lampadiidae Winckworth, 1945 accepted as Labyrinthidae Borrero, Sei, D. G. Robinson & Rosenberg, 2017 (unavailable name: no description)
- Family Leucochroidae Westerlund, 1886 accepted as Sphincterochilinae Zilch, 1960 (1886) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Family Lysinoidae H. Hoffmann, 1928 accepted as Lysinoinae H. Hoffmann, 1928 (unaccepted > superseded rank)
- Family Monadeniidae H. Nordsieck, 1987 accepted as Monadeniinae H. Nordsieck, 1987
- Family Papuinidae Iredale, 1938 accepted as Hadrinae Iredale, 1937 (unaccepted > junior objective synonym)
- Family Pentataeniidae Mörch, 1864 accepted as Helicini Rafinesque, 1815
- Family Planispiridae Iredale, 1941 accepted as Hadrinae Iredale, 1937
- Family Rhagadidae Iredale, 1938 accepted as Hadrinae Iredale, 1937
- Family Xerophilidae Mörch, 1864 accepted as Hygromiidae Tryon, 1866 (unaccepted > unavailable name, invalid name (its type genus Xerophila Held, 1838, has been placed by Opinion 431 on the Official Index of Rejected and Invalid Generic Names in Zoology)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent + fossil
(of Helicidae Rafinesque, 1815) Rafinesque, C.S. (1815). <i>Analyse de la nature ou Tableau de l'univers et des corps organisés</i>. Published by the author, Palermo. 224 pp. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/48310197
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page(s): 143 [details]
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(of Helicidae Rafinesque, 1815) Rafinesque, C.S. (1815). <i>Analyse de la nature ou Tableau de l'univers et des corps organisés</i>. Published by the author, Palermo. 224 pp. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/48310197
page(s): 143 [details]
taxonomy source Razkin, O., Gómez-Moliner, B. J., Prieto, C. E., Martínez-Ortí, A., Arrébola, J. R., Muñoz, B., Chueca, L. J. & Madeira, M. J. (2015). Molecular phylogeny of the western Palaearctic Helicoidea (Gastropoda, Stylommatophora). <em>Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution.</em> 83: 99-117., available online at https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ympev.2014.11.014 [details]
context source (MSBIAS) Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom. (2023). 2019 The Marine Biological Association of the UK (MBA) Wembury Bioblitz survey. The Archive for Marine Species and Habitats Data (DASSH). , available online at https://portal.medin.org.uk/portal/start.php#details?tpc=010_71a02145fae5466afe757cd48b999ded [details]
basis of record Bouchet P., Rocroi J.P., Hausdorf B., Kaim A., Kano Y., Nützel A., Parkhaev P., Schrödl M. & Strong E.E. (2017). Revised classification, nomenclator and typification of gastropod and monoplacophoran families. <em>Malacologia.</em> 61(1-2): 1-526., available online at https://doi.org/10.4002/040.061.0201 [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 143 [details]
taxonomy source Razkin, O., Gómez-Moliner, B. J., Prieto, C. E., Martínez-Ortí, A., Arrébola, J. R., Muñoz, B., Chueca, L. J. & Madeira, M. J. (2015). Molecular phylogeny of the western Palaearctic Helicoidea (Gastropoda, Stylommatophora). <em>Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution.</em> 83: 99-117., available online at https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ympev.2014.11.014 [details]
context source (MSBIAS) Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom. (2023). 2019 The Marine Biological Association of the UK (MBA) Wembury Bioblitz survey. The Archive for Marine Species and Habitats Data (DASSH). , available online at https://portal.medin.org.uk/portal/start.php#details?tpc=010_71a02145fae5466afe757cd48b999ded [details]
basis of record Bouchet P., Rocroi J.P., Hausdorf B., Kaim A., Kano Y., Nützel A., Parkhaev P., Schrödl M. & Strong E.E. (2017). Revised classification, nomenclator and typification of gastropod and monoplacophoran families. <em>Malacologia.</em> 61(1-2): 1-526., available online at https://doi.org/10.4002/040.061.0201 [details] Available for editors