Helicodiscus parallelus

Helicodiscus parallelus
A drawing of a live specimen of Helicodiscus parallelus
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Stylommatophora
Family: Helicodiscidae
Genus: Helicodiscus
Species:
H. parallelus
Binomial name
Helicodiscus parallelus
(Say, 1821)
Synonyms
  • Helicodiscus (Helicodiscus) parallelus (Say, 1821)
  • Helicodiscus lineatus (Say, 1817)
  • Helicodiscus theresa Thiele, 1927
  • Helix lineata Say, 1817
  • Planorbis paralellus Say, 1821

Helicodiscus parallelus, common name the compound coil, is a species of small air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Helicodiscidae.

Helicodiscus parallelus is the type species of the genus Helicodiscus.

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