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Helicodiscidae

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Helicodiscidae is a family of small air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Punctoidea (according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005).

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FAMILY

  1. KingdomAnimalia
  2. PhylumMollusca
  3. ClassGastropoda
  4. OrderStylommatophora
  5. FamilyHelicodiscidae

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Specimen records
9
Family
Helicodiscidae
Collections
AUM, ALMNH, INHS, USNM, UF
Recorded in
United States, Honduras, Madagascar

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Instance of
taxon
Parent taxon
Punctoidea
Image
Helicodiscus parallelus.jpg
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Commons category
Helicodiscidae
taxon rank
family
taxon name
Helicodiscidae
topic's main category
Category:Helicodiscidae
taxon common name
veksthusdiskossnegler
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Encyclopedic overview

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Helicodiscidae is a family of small air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Punctoidea (according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005).

== Genera == Genera within the family include: Lucilla Lowe, 1852 Subfamily Helicodiscinae Pilsbry, 1927 Chanomphalus Strebel & Pfeffer, 1879 Helicodiscus Morse, 1864 - the type genus Polygyriscus Pilsbry, 1948 Speleodiscoides A.G. Smith, 1957 Radiodiscus - may belong in the Charopidae Subfamily Stenopylinae Thiele, 1931 Stenopylis Fulton, 1914 Zilchogyra Synonyms: Coarctatio F. Haas, 1945: synonym of Stenopylis Fulton, 1914 (junior synonym) Hebetodiscus H. B. Baker, 1929: synonym of Lucilla R. T. Lowe, 1852 Hydrophrea Climo, 1974: synonym of Lucilla R. T. Lowe, 1852

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