Oreohelix | |
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Three views of an 18 mm shell of Oreohelix subrudis | |
Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Heterobranchia |
Order: | Stylommatophora |
Family: | Oreohelicidae |
Genus: |
Oreohelix Pilsbry, 1904 [1] |
Oreohelix is a genus of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Oreohelicidae.
Oreohelix is the type genus for the family Oreohelicidae.
There are about 79 species in this genus. [2] They are native to the western United States, especially the Rocky Mountains, Great Basin, and Southwest. [3]
Species within the genus Oreohelix include: [2] [4]