Marine Species Traits - Helicoidea Rafinesque, 1815

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Helicoidea Rafinesque, 1815

AphiaID

153966 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:153966)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Superfamily

Parent

Helicoidei

Original name

Helicidae Rafinesque, 1815

Direct children (19)

Ordering

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Family Camaenidae Pilsbry, 1895
Family Canariellidae Schileyko, 1991
Family Cepolidae Ihering, 1909
Family Elonidae E. Gittenberger, 1977
Family Epiphragmophoridae H. Hoffmann, 1928
Family Geomitridae C. R. Boettger, 1909
Family Helicidae Rafinesque, 1815
Family Helicodontidae Kobelt, 1904
Family Hygromiidae Tryon, 1866
Family Labyrinthidae Borrero, Sei, D. G. Robinson & Rosenberg, 2017
Genus Laxecostula Harzhauser & Neubauer, 2020 †
Family Pleurodontidae Ihering, 1912
Family Polygyridae Pilsbry, 1895
Family Sphincterochilidae Zilch, 1960 (1886)
Family Thysanophoridae Pilsbry, 1926
Family Trichodiscinidae H. Nordsieck, 1987
Family Trissexodontidae H. Nordsieck, 1987
Family Xanthonychidae Strebel, 1879
Family Humboldtianidae Pilsbry, 1939 accepted as Humboldtianinae Pilsbry, 1939 (unaccepted > superseded rank)

Environment

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

Fossil range

recent + fossil

Original description

(of Helicidae Rafinesque, 1815) 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. (2026). MolluscaBase. Helicoidea Rafinesque, 1815. Accessed through: Marine Species Traits editorial board (2026) Marine Species Traits at: https://marinespecies.org/traits/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=153966 on 2026-05-13

Thematic species database citation

Marine Species Traits editorial board (2026). Marine Species Traits. Helicoidea Rafinesque, 1815. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/traits/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=153966 on 2026-05-13

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2005-04-16 10:28:02Z

created

Vanden Berghe, Edward

2009-08-28 21:18:53Z

changed

Vanden Berghe, Edward

2011-05-02 05:18:47Z

checked

Bouchet, Philippe

2011-12-24 03:05:04Z

changed

Rosenberg, Gary

2018-02-03 05:27:57Z

changed

Bouchet, Philippe

2026-01-24 08:53:13Z

changed

Vinarski, Maxim

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original description (of Helicidae Rafinesque, 1815) 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]

context source (MSBIAS) Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom. (2023). 2019 The Marine Biological Association of the UK (MBA) Wembury Bioblitz survey. The Archive for Marine Species and Habitats Data (DASSH). , available online at https://portal.medin.org.uk/portal/start.php#details?tpc=010_71a02145fae5466afe757cd48b999ded [details]

basis of record Bouchet P., Rocroi J.P., Hausdorf B., Kaim A., Kano Y., Nützel A., Parkhaev P., Schrödl M. & Strong E.E. (2017). Revised classification, nomenclator and typification of gastropod and monoplacophoran families. Malacologia. 61(1-2): 1-526., available online at https://doi.org/10.4002/040.061.0201 [details] Available for editors

Definitions

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To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Helicoidea)
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