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
Subclass:	Heterobranchia
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.^[2]

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

Species[edit]

Species within the genus Helicodonta include:

Helicodonta gyria (J. R. Roth, 1839) : synonym of Lindholmiola gyria (J. R. Roth, 1839) (unaccepted combination)
Helicodonta hispanica Gude, 1910 : synonym of Suboestophora hispanica (Gude, 1910) (original combination)
Helicodonta involuta (Thomä, 1845) † : synonym of Protodrepanostoma involutum (Thomä, 1845) † (new combination)
Helicodonta planorbiformis (Sacco, 1886) † : synonym of Protodrepanostoma planorbiforme (Sacco, 1886) †
Helicodonta sculpturata Gray, 1838 : synonym of Sculptaria sculpturata (Gray, 1838) (original combination)

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^ MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Helicodonta A. Férussac, 1821. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=887088 on 2021-02-01

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