Helicodonta

Helicodonta
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
Infraorder: Helicoidei
Superfamily: Helicoidea
Family: Helicodontidae
Genus: Helicodonta
Férussac, 1821
Type species
Helix obvoluta O. F. Müller, 1774
Synonyms
  • Chilodon Ehrenberg, 1831
  • Euphemia H. Beck, 1847
  • Gonostoma Held, 1838
  • Helicodonta (Helicodonta) A. Férussac, 1821· accepted, alternate representation
  • Helix (Gonostoma) Held, 1838 (invalid: junior homonym of Gonostoma Rafinesque, 1810)
  • Helix (Helicodonta) A. Férussac, 1821
  • Helix (Trigonostoma) Fitzinger, 1833 (Invalid: Junior homonym of Trigonostoma Blainville, 1825 [Cancellariidae]; also a junior objective synonym of Helicodonta)
  • Helix (Vortex) Beck, 1837 (Invalid: junior objective synonym of Helicodonta )
  • Trigonostoma Fitzinger, 1833 (Invalid: Junior homonym of Trigonostoma Blainville, 1825 [Cancellariidae]; also a junior objective synonym of Helicodonta)

Vortex H. Beck, 1837 (Invalid: junior objective synonym of Helicodonta)

Helicodonta, common name the "cheese snail", is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the subfamily Helicodontinae of the family Helicodontidae.

The common name is based on the shape of the shell, which is reminiscent of a wheel of cheese.

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