Hemicycla

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Hemicycla
Shell of Hemicycla ethelema
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Stylommatophora
Family: Helicidae
Subfamily: Helicinae
Tribe: Allognathini
Genus: Hemicycla
Swainson, 1840[1]
Type species
Helix plicaria Lamarck, 1816
Synonyms
  • Helix (Hemicycla) Swainson, 1840
  • Helix (Mycena) Albers, 1850 (objective junior synonym )
  • Hemicycla (Adiverticula) Alonso & Ibáñez, 1988· accepted, alternate representation
  • Hemicycla (Hemicycla) Swainson, 1840· accepted, alternate representation
  • Mycena Albers, 1850 (objective junior synonym)

Hemicycla is a genus of medium-sized air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropods in the family Helicidae, the typical snails.[2]

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