African Register of Marine Species (AfReMaS)

WRiMS taxon details

Helicidae Rafinesque, 1815

AphiaID

153968 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:153968)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Family

Parent

Helicoidea Rafinesque, 1815

Original name

Helicidae Rafinesque, 1815

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Subfamily Helicinae Rafinesque, 1815
1. Tribe Helicini Rafinesque, 1815
  1. Genus Helix Linnaeus, 1758
2. Tribe Thebini Wenz, 1923
  1. Genus Cornu Born, 1778
3. Tribe Otalini G. Pfeffer, 1930 accepted as Thebini Wenz, 1923 (junior synonym)

Environment

marine, ~~brackish~~, ~~fresh~~, terrestrial

Original description

Rafinesque, C.S. (1815). Analyse de la nature ou Tableau de l'univers et des corps organisés. Published by the author, Palermo. 224 pp. , available online at http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k98061z.r=rafinesque.langEN
page(s): 143 [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Helicidae Rafinesque, 1815. Accessed through: Costello, M. J.; Ahyong, S.; Bieler, R.; Boudouresque, C.; Desiderato, A.; Downey, R.; Galil, B. S.; Gollasch, S.; Hutchings, P.; Kamburska, L.; Katsanevakis, S.; Kupriyanova, E.; Lejeusne, C.; Ma, K. C. K.; Marchini, A.; Occhipinti, A.; Pagad, S.; Panov, V. E.; Poore, G. C. B.; Rewicz, T.; Robinson, T. B.; Rius, M.; Sobczyk, R.; Stern, N.; Turon, X.; Valls Domedel, G.; Verleye, T.; Vieira, L. M.; Willan, R. C.; Yeo Chong Jinn, D.; Zhan, A. (2025) World Register of Introduced Marine Species (WRiMS) at: https://www.marinespecies.org/introduced/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=153968 on 2025-05-05

Thematic species database citation

Costello, M. J.; Ahyong, S.; Bieler, R.; Boudouresque, C.; Desiderato, A.; Downey, R.; Galil, B. S.; Gollasch, S.; Hutchings, P.; Kamburska, L.; Katsanevakis, S.; Kupriyanova, E.; Lejeusne, C.; Ma, K. C. K.; Marchini, A.; Occhipinti, A.; Pagad, S.; Pino, L.; Poore, G. C. B.; Rewicz, T.; Rius, M.; Robinson, T. B.; Sobczyk, R.; Stępień, A.; Turon, X.; Valls Domedel, G.; Verleye, T.; Vieira, L. M.; Willan, R. C.; Zhan, A. (2025). World Register of Introduced Marine Species (WRiMS). Helicidae Rafinesque, 1815. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/introduced/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=153968 on 2025-05-05

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2005-04-16 10:28:02Z

created

Vanden Berghe, Edward

2011-05-02 05:18:47Z

checked

Bouchet, Philippe

2013-08-25 14:19:53Z

changed

Rosenberg, Gary

2025-02-02 06:36:58Z

changed

Bouchet, Philippe

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original description Rafinesque, C.S. (1815). Analyse de la nature ou Tableau de l'univers et des corps organisés. Published by the author, Palermo. 224 pp. , available online at http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k98061z.r=rafinesque.langEN
page(s): 143 [details]

taxonomy source Razkin, O., Gómez-Moliner, B. J., Prieto, C. E., Martínez-Ortí, A., Arrébola, J. R., Muñoz, B., Chueca, L. J. & Madeira, M. J. (2015). Molecular phylogeny of the western Palaearctic Helicoidea (Gastropoda, Stylommatophora). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 83: 99-117., available online at https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ympev.2014.11.014 [details]

basis of record Bouchet, P. & Rocroi, J.-P. (2005). Classification and nomenclator of gastropod families. Malacologia. 47 (1-2): 1-397. [20 July]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25127200 [details] Available for editors

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Introduced: alien

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