Helicostyla
A Helicostyla sp. in Northern Negros Natural Park, Philippines.
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Stylommatophora
Superfamily: Helicoidea
Family: Camaenidae
Subfamily: Helicostylinae
Genus: Helicostyla
Férussac, 1821[1]
Type species
Helix mirabilis Férussac, 1821
Synonyms
  • Bulimus (Eudoxus) Albers, 1850
  • Bulimus (Orthostylus) Beck, 1837 (original combination)
  • Cochlostyla (Helicostyla) Férussac, 1821 (unaccepted combination)
  • Cochlostyla (Opalliostyla) Pilsbry, 1896 · alternate representation
  • Cochlostyla (Orthostylus) Beck, 1837 (unaccepted combination)
  • Eudoxus Albers, 1850
  • Helicostyla (Cochlodryas) Martens, 1860· accepted, alternate representation
  • Helicostyla (Dryocochlias) Möllendorff, 1898· accepted, alternate representation (basionym)
  • Helicostyla (Eudoxus) Albers, 1850· accepted, alternate representation
  • Helicostyla (Helicostyla) Férussac, 1821 · alternate representation
  • Helicostyla (Opalliostyla) Pilsbry, 1896 (invalid: unnecessary replacement name)
  • Helicostyla (Orthostylus) Beck, 1837 · alternate representation
  • Orthostylus Beck, 1837 (junior synonym)

Helicostyla is a genus of small, air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Helicostylinae of the family Camaenidae. Helicostyla is the type genus of the subfamily Helicostylinae.[2][3]

Distribution

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This genus is endemic to the Philippines.

Species

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Species within the genus Helicostyla include:[4][5]

Species brought into synonymy

References

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  1. ^ Férussac A. É. d'A. de (1821). Histoire naturelle générale et particulière des mollusques terrestres et fluviatiles, Tabl. Limaçons, 28.
  2. ^ Bouchet, Philippe; Rocroi, Jean-Pierre; Frýda, Jiri; Hausdorf, Bernard; Ponder, Winston; Valdés, Ángel & Warén, Anders (2005). "Classification and nomenclator of gastropod families". Malacologia. 47 (1–2). Hackenheim, Germany: ConchBooks: 1–397. ISBN 3-925919-72-4. ISSN 0076-2997.
  3. ^ MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Helicostyla Férussac, 1821. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=993127 on 2 February 2021
  4. ^ Bradybaenidae. Malacolos.com, accessed 16 November 2010.
  5. ^ Biolib
  6. ^ Springsteen, F.J. & Leobrera, F.M. 1986. Shells of the Philippines. Carfel Seashell Museum, Philippines: 1–377.
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