Helicigona | |
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Helicigona lapicida | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Heterobranchia |
Order: | Stylommatophora |
Superfamily: | Helicoidea |
Family: | Helicidae |
Subfamily: | Ariantinae |
Genus: |
Helicigona Férussac, 1821 [1] |
Type species | |
Helix lapicida Linnaeus, 1758 | |
Synonyms | |
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Helicigona is a genus of medium-sized, air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Ariantinae of the family Helicidae, the typical snails. [2] [3]
These snails create and use love darts during mating.
Species within the genus Helicigona include: [4]