Helicinoidea
Sign in to saveHelicinoidea is a taxonomic superfamily of land snails that have an operculum. In other words, they are terrestrial operculate gastropod mollusks. They are in the order Cycloneritida and are quite closely related to the marine and freshwater nerites.
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Superfamily
- PhylumMollusca
- ClassGastropoda
- OrderCycloneritida
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Helicinoidea is a taxonomic superfamily of land snails that have an operculum. In other words, they are terrestrial operculate gastropod mollusks. They are in the order Cycloneritida and are quite closely related to the marine and freshwater nerites.
== Taxonomy == The following families are assigned to this taxon: family Helicinidae † family Dawsonellidae † family Deianiridae family Neritiliidae family Proserpinellidae family Proserpinidae thumb|Geophorus|Geophorus romblonensis, family [[Helicinidae]]
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