Neohelix

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Neohelix
Neohelix dentifera from W. G. Binney, 1878
Neohelix dentifera from W. G. Binney, 1878 [1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Pulmonata
Suborder: Eupulmonata
Infraorder: Stylommatophora
Parvorder: Sigmurethra
Superfamily: Helicoidea
Family: Polygyridae
Genus: Neohelix
von Ihering 1892 [2]

Neohelix is a genus (or subgenus under Triodopsis) of terrestrial snails in the family Polygyridae. The shells are not distinguishable from those of the genus Mesodon, but the reproductive anatomy of the two groups of snails is different. [3]

The genus Neohelix contains the following species:

  • Neohelix albolabris
  • Neohelix dentifera
  • Neohelix divesta
  • Neohelix multilineata

[edit] References

  1. ^ Binney, William G. (1878). The Terrestrial Air-Breathing Mollusks of the United States and Adjacent Territories of North America. Vol. 5 (plates). Bull. Mus. Comparative Zool., Harvard. Plate 12.
  2. ^ von Ihering, Hermann. (1892). Zeitsch. fur Wissensch. Zool. 54: 482.
  3. ^ Pilsbry, Henry A. (1940). Land Mollusca of North America (North of Mexico). Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, Monograph 3, vol. 1(2): 834.
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