Helicigona
Genus of gastropods
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Helicigona is a genus of medium-sized, air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod molluscs in the subfamily Ariantinae of the family Helicidae, the typical snails.[2][3]
| Helicigona | |
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| Helicigona lapicida | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Order: | Stylommatophora |
| Superfamily: | Helicoidea |
| Family: | Helicidae |
| Subfamily: | Ariantinae |
| Genus: | Helicigona Férussac, 1821[1] |
| Type species | |
| Helix lapicida Linnaeus, 1758 | |
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Anatomy
These snails create and use love darts during mating.
Species
Species within the genus Helicigona include:[3]
- Helicigona kaeufeli Knipper, 1939 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
- Helicigona korabensis Subai, 1997 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
- Helicigona lapicida (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Fossil species
- † Helicigona atava Wenz, 1927
- † Helicigona chaignoni (Locard, 1883)
- † Helicigona planata H. Binder, 2002
- † Helicigona schwarzbachi Schlickum & Strauch, 1979
- † Helicigona wenzi Soós, 1934
