Helicinoidea
| Helicinoidea | |
|---|---|
| Alcadia conuloides | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Order: | Cycloneritida |
| Superfamily: | Helicinoidea A. Férussac, 1822[1] |
| Families | |
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Helicinoidea is a taxonomic superfamily of land snails[1] that have an operculum. In other words, they are terrestrial operculate gastropod mollusks. They are in the order Cycloneritida[1] and are quite closely related to the marine and freshwater nerites.
Taxonomy
The following families are assigned to this taxon:[1]
- family Helicinidae
- † family Dawsonellidae
- † family Deianiridae
- family Neritiliidae
- family Proserpinellidae
- family Proserpinidae
References
- ^ a b c d "Helicinoidea A. Férussac, 1822". Catalogue of Life. Species 2000: Leiden, the Netherlands. Retrieved 1 Mar 2026.