Delphinatia

Delphinatia
Shell of Delphinatia fontenillii (specimen at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Stylommatophora
Family: Helicidae
Genus: Delphinatia
P. Hesse, 1931
Type species
Helix alpina Michaud, 1831
Synonyms
  • Chilostoma (Delphinatia) P. Hesse, 1931
  • Helicigona (Delphinatia) P. Hesse, 1931 superseded rank

Delphinatia is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Helicidae, the typical snails.[1]

Species

References

  1. ^ MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Delphinatia P. Hesse, 1931. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=871099 on 2020-10-18

Sources

  • Hesse, P. (1931). Zur Anatomie und Systematik palaearktischer Stylommatophoren. Zoologica, 81 [= 31 (1/2)]: 1-118, pl. 1-16. Stuttgart.
  • Groenenberg D.S.J., Subai P. & Gittenberger E. (2016). Systematics of Ariantinae (Gastropoda, Pulmonata, Helicidae), a new approach to an old problem. Contributions to Zoology. 85(1): 37–65.