Helicodontidae

Helicodontidae
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
Suborder: Helicina
Infraorder: Helicoidei
Superfamily: Helicoidea
Family: Helicodontidae
Kobelt, 1904
Type genus
Helicodonta A. Férussac, 1821

Helicodontidae (also known as Cheese snails) 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).