Helicodonta
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| Helicodonta | |
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| Three shells of Helicodonta obvoluta, two juveniles and one adult. Scale bar shows mm and cm | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Order: | Stylommatophora |
| Infraorder: | Helicoidei |
| Superfamily: | Helicoidea |
| Family: | Helicodontidae |
| Genus: | Helicodonta Férussac, 1821[1] |
| Type species | |
| Helix obvoluta O. F. Müller, 1774 | |
| Synonyms | |
Vortex H. Beck, 1837 (Invalid: junior objective synonym of Helicodonta) | |
Helicodonta, common name the "cheese snail", is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the subfamily Helicodontinae of the family Helicodontidae.[2]
The common name is based on the shape of the shell, which is reminiscent of a wheel of cheese.